Bar­ents Sea

Thu
24 May
2018

Always kee­ping a good eye on the wea­ther fore­cast, we deci­ded in Stok­marknes to make this our depar­tu­re point from the main­land of Nor­way and to set cour­se direct­ly for the Bar­ents Sea and Bear Island. The­re is a lot of wind in the north Atlan­tic, and if we are too late, we will get more of it than we will like, and we will get it on the nose. So, bet­ter to be out ear­ly to avoid that! Taking off here and now, we have a good chan­ce for very fair sai­ling winds on our way north.

Set­ting cour­se for the Bar­ents Sea and Bear Island

So we said good­bye and fare­well to main­land Nor­way in Stok­marknes and a few hours later we were alrea­dy at sea. Sails up and cour­se for Bear Island (Bjørnøya)! That was our mot­to for the next round­about 44 hours. Sun, sai­ling with 9-10 knots, tho­se were the the­mes of the day on Wed­nes­day. The same, just without sun, on Thurs­day morning, but now we have got Bear Island 20 miles ahead of us and we will drop anchor in a very few hours!

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!