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Ves­terå­len: Stok­marknes

Posted on 22. May 2018 by Rolf Stange

Tue
22 May
2018

This bridge last night tur­ned out to be an inte­res­ting thing. A 30 met­re high bridge and a 31 met­re high ship. Well, but the 30 metres of the bridge are the gua­ran­te­ed mini­mum hight abo­ve the hig­hest high water ever. To be sure, we sent mate Nick up the Besan to see if the main mast would fit.

Bridge at Stokmarknes, Vesterålen

Bridge at Stok­marknes, Ves­terå­len.

It did. The­re were still several metres of space.

Soon the­re­af­ter we had reached Stok­marknes in the late evening hours. Next to us, the old Hur­tig­ru­ten ship Finn­mar­ken is beached, now ser­ving as a muse­um.

Hurtigruten ship Finnmarken in Stokmarknes, Vesterålen

Old Hur­tig­ru­ten ship Finn­mar­ken, now a muse­um, in Stok­marknes, Ves­terå­len.

After a lovely sun­set (the last one of the voya­ge!) and a calm night in the har­bour, we woke up to found the day to be grey and rai­ny. Nevertheless, we went off for a nice hike up the hills behind Stok­marknes.

Snow fields, Stokmarknes, Vesterålen

Snow fiel­ds in the moun­tains behind Stok­marknes, Ves­terå­len.

Nevertheless, it was a good hike with some nice views under the clouds, and it is always good to get some exer­cise. Espe­cial­ly if you have got some days at sea ahead. And we will soon set sail for Bear Island (Bjørnøya)!

View of Stokmarknes, Vesterålen

Grey view of Stok­marknes, Ves­terå­len.

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 (1): Spitz­ber­gen – vom Polar­licht bis zur Mit­ter­nachts­son­ne”, with Ger­man text Click here for fur­ther details!

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