When we were planning for this trip I found https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2870804-venture-svalbard-greenland-iceland-aug-7-21-as-live-as-we-can-be/?do=getNewComment by @highplainsdrifter to be invaluable to our prep so thought I'd try to pay it forward and do something similar.
But first off, the subject is not quite accurate for us. While the cruise did indeed start on July 2nd, we did not board until July 3rd thanks to a United Airlines and two faulty 757s...one with a non-