Thu
7 Aug
2014
Last night, we sailed the west coast down to Hyttevika, just north of Hornsund. A calm anchorage, what else would you want?
Trapper legends like Wanny Woldstad and Odd Ivar Ruud all had their good reasons to make Hyttevika their home for their arctic hunter lives. On a nice day like today, it is an arctic paradise. A cosy hut, hidden behind quarzite rocks. Reindeer on mossy tundra, screaming Little auks high up on the slopes.
Hornsund, however, was not in good shape today. Windy and mostly grey and rainy. Not a place to be today. So we left quickly from there, hoping for more luck on the outer coast. Still, windy. But our fearless skipper Heinrich took Arctica II through Mesund, between the islands off the southern tip of Spitsbergen, saving us from many uncomfortable miles.
A calm anchorage was all we wanted at the end of the day, and we found it in Isbukta. Midnight reindeer stew rounded the day nicely off.
By the way, my new book is in print and it can now be ordered 🙂 it is a photo book with the title “Norwegens arktischer Norden (3): Die Bäreninsel und Jan Mayen”, with German text Click here for further details!