The morning after leaving Bergen
Hurtigruten MS Finnmarken
The "heated" pool on deck seven and the mast on deck eight
Lighthouse on islands near Torvik
Moored at pier in Ålesund
Mortgage poster in bank window
Young girl in Ålesund street
Ålesund street
Mount Aksla, Viking statue and observation station View across to Sula from Mt Aksla
View across to Sula and mountains beyond from Mt
Aksla
View across to Sula and mountains beyond from Mt
Aksla
Town of Alesund from Mt Aksla
Town of Alesund from Mt Aksla
Islands off Ålesund, connected by tunnels
Map of the island tunnels at the observation platform
atop Mt Aksla
Ålesund harbour
Old cannon and MS Finnmarken
Jackie by Ålesund harbour
Leaving Ålesund
Waterfront at Trondheim
Statue, war memorial (more effective than dead/dying
soldiers) and Church with metal slab gravestones, Trondheim
Museum and cathedral, Trondheim
Old lighthouse, leaving Trondheim
Harbour at Ørnes
Crossing the Arctic Circle - preparing for the
"baptism"
Neptune arriving for the ceremony
The (French) winner of the competition to guess the
time of crossing the Arctic Circle. Captain donates a Hurtigruten flag
as her prize
The "baptism prize" is a jug of ice cubes down the
back!
Between
Ørnes and Bodø
Marooned in snow in Bodø
Moored in Bodø
Mountainous backdrop in Bodø
Harbour / Marina at Bodø
Between Bodø and Lofoten Islands
Observation
deck 8
Dawn approaching Finnsnes
Steam rising from sea
Steam rising by bridge at Finnsnes
Finnsnes
In harbour at Finnsnes
Leaving Finnsnes
Approaching Tromsø
Tromsø: Arctic Cathedral, houses between mountain and
sea, and monument to the explorers
Moored in Tromsø harbour
Shops in Tromsø
Main shopping street in Tromsø; pavement cleared, not
the road! Monument to the explorers and Tromsø library.
Havøsund
Havøsund
Honningsvåg with avalanche defences on the hillside
Troll (on the left!) and Norwegian Zimmer frame
Basic and showroom of more complex snowmobiles
Honningsvåg harbour
Moving snow from road to school playground!
Illuminated rock face - at night, from moving ship
War memorial in Kirkenes
Main street, Kirkenes
Gathering firewood at Snow Hotel, Kirkenes
My team!
Me and my team setting off in the snow
Innes relaxing in comfort, with complete trust in the musher!
Innes and friend and view from the
"cab" - just before I fell off!
Surrealist photo of reindeer
"Sacred" to the Sami people, a white reindeer in the background
Snow sculptures in the Snow Hotel bar
"I'm not sure about this"
The bar, sculpture in the bar, and "it's a long way
to the bar from our igloo.
"Once snuggled in I don't want to have to get up in
the night"
The restaurant was cosy! With a big log fire in the
middle
Ours was the end igloo
An ice fountain
Finland is the land of a thousand lakes!
Akershus Slott, Oslo - 13C fortress, now the venue
for state functions
Frozen sea in Oslo harbour
Norwegian parliament building
Royal Cristiania Hotel breakfast room;
Demons on cathedral wall
Oslo Domkirke (Cathedral)
Cristiania Tor
Market stalls in Youngstorget
View via mirror in coffee shop
Sculptures in shopping arcade. Kate Moss in
yoga pose (ouch!)