It's been 4 days since I came back from Spitsbergen. I've been trying to find words to express what I experienced in the Arctic but my language (neither Polish or English) fails me. I look for some landmarks around me to refer to and to compare to so to describe the landscape but I cannot find any. If you can imagine a place which makes you cry because you are so enchanted by it, that's the Arctic for me. But it is unimaginable so you stand no chance. Even when you look at it it still stays unimaginable. I left a piece of my heart over there and the longing for this place will always be with me. And it is ok as I feel absolutely privileged to have been able to see it.