Vagabond Vicky
@vickyinglis13.bsky.social
Sailor, adventurer, wildlife guide, writer and travel blogger. Ocean Wanderer. Occasional Viking. Mother of penguins. Living the wild life. Views are my own
Aberdeenshire / Antarctica / Arctic
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Aberdeenshire / Antarctica / Arctic
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After poor connection at sea, I've noticed I've picked up some new followers. Hi! By way of reintroduction, I'm Vicky, #PolarGuide + naturalist, a fan of unusual travels, adventures of all sizes + wildlife encounters, with a background as an ocean sailor, occasional Viking + mother of penguins.
Took myself out for a fancy dinner in the Bergen Fishmarket. A bowl of crab claws, some gravlaks with sweet mustard sauce, and fresh bread smeared in seaweed garlic butter. Yum
October 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Took myself out for a fancy dinner in the Bergen Fishmarket. A bowl of crab claws, some gravlaks with sweet mustard sauce, and fresh bread smeared in seaweed garlic butter. Yum
A driech day in one of my favourite cities, Bergen. Just passing through on a wee autumn adventure in Norway.
October 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A driech day in one of my favourite cities, Bergen. Just passing through on a wee autumn adventure in Norway.
Just another outstanding day at work #PolarGuide #Greenland #NorthWestPassage
📷 Rachelle Mackintosh
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📷 Rachelle Mackintosh
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September 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Just another outstanding day at work #PolarGuide #Greenland #NorthWestPassage
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‘We found that the tipping point where the shutdown becomes inevitable is probably in the next 10 to 20 years or so.’
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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
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August 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
‘We found that the tipping point where the shutdown becomes inevitable is probably in the next 10 to 20 years or so.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A stunning approach to the landing at Nuuk airport in Greenland. I'm on the way to join the @aurora_expeditions Sylvia Earle for an epic adventure through the Northwest Passage. #NorthWestPassage #PolarGuide
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August 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A stunning approach to the landing at Nuuk airport in Greenland. I'm on the way to join the @aurora_expeditions Sylvia Earle for an epic adventure through the Northwest Passage. #NorthWestPassage #PolarGuide
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Does that actually mean bin bananas? Didn't matter, the cake was lovely and squishy
August 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Does that actually mean bin bananas? Didn't matter, the cake was lovely and squishy
Well, today's plans have been dynamic. Now on the way to somewhere else instead #Greenland
August 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Well, today's plans have been dynamic. Now on the way to somewhere else instead #Greenland
A great day of skills development training on the Line of Sight full-bore shooting range in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. Not a bad result either #PolarGuide
August 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A great day of skills development training on the Line of Sight full-bore shooting range in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. Not a bad result either #PolarGuide
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Yesterday marked 30 years since British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves died in a storm on K2. My story on the Hargreaves-Ballard climbing dynasty in @thefence.bsky.social from last year about risk, control, blame, why people climb and how we tell their stories: www.the-fence.com/in-the-shado...
In the Shadow of the Mountain
The soundscape of falling ice.
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August 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Yesterday marked 30 years since British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves died in a storm on K2. My story on the Hargreaves-Ballard climbing dynasty in @thefence.bsky.social from last year about risk, control, blame, why people climb and how we tell their stories: www.the-fence.com/in-the-shado...
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Poem @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social wrote a few months ago & posted on X as a tribute to the six Al Jazeera journalists killed. 💔
August 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Poem @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social wrote a few months ago & posted on X as a tribute to the six Al Jazeera journalists killed. 💔
Started watching #DestinationX and feel that this is the one thing in life that all my skills and experience have prepared me for.
August 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Started watching #DestinationX and feel that this is the one thing in life that all my skills and experience have prepared me for.
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“There is a problematic underlying approach in how UNEP operates, which is to consider that the people who created the problems, benefited from the problem, have lied about the problem and their responsibility about it for years and decades, are trustworthy partners to solve those problems.”
‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet
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August 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“There is a problematic underlying approach in how UNEP operates, which is to consider that the people who created the problems, benefited from the problem, have lied about the problem and their responsibility about it for years and decades, are trustworthy partners to solve those problems.”
I don't get a mobile phone signal at home, so just went out in my pyjamas to stand by the harbour to phone the mechanic about repairs to my van and got caught by the Google Street view car.
August 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I don't get a mobile phone signal at home, so just went out in my pyjamas to stand by the harbour to phone the mechanic about repairs to my van and got caught by the Google Street view car.
What do we really want to see? How realistic are our expectations of the natural world, and how authentic are our experiences? #anthropocene #nature #wildlife
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Polar bears in shopping malls, fibreglass mountains, indoor rainforests: how humans got addicted to faking the natural world
In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it
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July 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
What do we really want to see? How realistic are our expectations of the natural world, and how authentic are our experiences? #anthropocene #nature #wildlife
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Did you know you can get fossils inside other fossils? 🤯
Tiny holes in some of our marine reptile fossils are actually burrows of bone-eating worms which are up to 100 million years old!
They've now been named as new species - find out more about them 👇
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Tiny holes in some of our marine reptile fossils are actually burrows of bone-eating worms which are up to 100 million years old!
They've now been named as new species - find out more about them 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Ancient bone-eating worms ate mosasaur, ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons | Natural History Museum
Bone-eating worms have been cleaning up the ocean floor for over 100 million years.
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July 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Did you know you can get fossils inside other fossils? 🤯
Tiny holes in some of our marine reptile fossils are actually burrows of bone-eating worms which are up to 100 million years old!
They've now been named as new species - find out more about them 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Tiny holes in some of our marine reptile fossils are actually burrows of bone-eating worms which are up to 100 million years old!
They've now been named as new species - find out more about them 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Fascinated by revalations that have come out around the author of the book/film The Salt Path. I wondered about the progress of Moth's illness after finishing the book, and there just seemed a few other odd things that I couldn't quite put my finger on about the story.
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July 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Fascinated by revalations that have come out around the author of the book/film The Salt Path. I wondered about the progress of Moth's illness after finishing the book, and there just seemed a few other odd things that I couldn't quite put my finger on about the story.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I'm leading a team of Ship Liaison Officers at the Aberdeen Tall Ships Festival at the end of July. Getting stuck in to the event training from this week onwards. #tallshipsaberdeen #sailing
July 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'm leading a team of Ship Liaison Officers at the Aberdeen Tall Ships Festival at the end of July. Getting stuck in to the event training from this week onwards. #tallshipsaberdeen #sailing
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BBC News - Flood alert for Highland and Moray areas affected by wildfires - BBC News
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Wildfires shut roads in Highlands and Moray
Firefighters are dealing with incidents near Forres and Carrbridge.
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June 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
BBC News - Flood alert for Highland and Moray areas affected by wildfires - BBC News
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Penguin poop gives off ammonia, which enhances cloud formation and cools coastal Antarctica, allowing more penguins to poop there, probably. 🐧🧪
Penguin guano is an important source of climate-relevant aerosol particles in Antarctica - Communications Earth & Environment
Penguin colonies emit gaseous ammonia that enhances new particle formation processes in Antarctica, according to online observations of gaseous ammonia and aerosol particles from a coastal site in Ant...
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May 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Penguin poop gives off ammonia, which enhances cloud formation and cools coastal Antarctica, allowing more penguins to poop there, probably. 🐧🧪
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
Two crew have died and more injured as Mexican sail training vessel Cuauhtémoc collides with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
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Two dead as Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge
Nineteen people also injured after masts of training sail vessel hit New York City bridge.
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May 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Two crew have died and more injured as Mexican sail training vessel Cuauhtémoc collides with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
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Finland Disco Rammstein for the win #Eurovision2025
May 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Finland Disco Rammstein for the win #Eurovision2025
I'd like to thank Mrs Forbes, my standard grade history teacher for remembering the name of the assassin who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand after 30 years or so.
Went to the local pub quiz last night and managed to fish a fact from the deepest depths of my brain to be the only person in the room to know the answer to one question. Still my team came in 7th place
May 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I'd like to thank Mrs Forbes, my standard grade history teacher for remembering the name of the assassin who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand after 30 years or so.