Thu
5 Sep
2024

The drea­ded south cape: plea­sant­ly uneventful. Fog­gy and calm.

Horn­sund: also fog­gy. But once again we mana­ged to be at the right place in the right time, at Gnå­lod­den in the evening.

Pho­to gal­lery: Sør­kapp – Horn­sund. 04th Sep­tem­ber 2024

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Wed
4 Sep
2024

It was a bit of a bum­py start into the day, with a pret­ty strong bree­ze blo­wing through Free­man­sund. We deci­ded to stay on the east side of Edgeøya today. Good thing.

The­re, we had the migh­ty Ston­ebreen – a uni­que spe­ci­men of a gla­cier! Edgeøy­jø­ku­len is an ice cap of a good 1300 squa­re kilo­me­t­res, and on its eas­tern side it just flows out into the sea, on a coas­tal stretch as long as 25 kilo­me­t­res. The actu­al gla­cier front is much lon­ger. We were lucky enough to get clo­se to that impres­si­ve bit of land­scape in suns­hi­ne ❄️☀️😎

This was fol­lo­wed by a scenic pas­sa­ge of the east coast of Edgeøya and final­ly a litt­le evening landing on Halv­må­neøya, at the famous trap­per hut of Bjør­ne­borg – very atmo­sphe­ric, not the least due to some fog banks and the sad call of seve­ral red throa­ted divers on some ponds in the vici­ni­ty.

Pho­to gal­lery – Edgeøya: Ston­ebreen, Halv­må­neøya. 03rd Sep­tem­ber 2024

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Tue
3 Sep
2024

What’s bet­ter than a gol­den day in Hin­lo­pen Strait? I can’t think of much. We ven­tu­red deep into Nordaustland’s fjords, into Pal­an­der­buk­ta, whe­re we were kind­ly gree­ted by some hump­back wha­les 🐳😀 and of cour­se the bar­ren polar desert land­scape and the huge ice caps that are so cha­rac­te­ristic for Nord­aus­t­land.

The evening brought a sun­ri­se that we enjoy­ed from a low hill on Von Otterøya.

Pho­to gal­lery – Hin­lo­pen Strait: Pal­an­der­buk­ta, Van Otterøya. 02nd Sep­tem­ber 2024

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Sun
1 Sep
2024

We visi­ted Andøya­ne during the mor­ning, a litt­le para­di­se of arc­tic natu­re in Lief­defjord. Red rocks, green tun­dra, blue sky, screa­ming arc­tic terns and the sad call of the red-throa­ted diver.

In Wood­fjord, we saw seve­ral polar bears. A mother and her cub had obvious­ly found some­thing to feed on – we couldn’t quite make out what it was – and a loner wat­ched from a save distance.

The famous “Rit­ter hut” at Gråhu­ken was the cul­tu­ral high­light of ano­ther love­ly day.

Pho­to gal­lery – Lief­defjord & Wood­fjord: Andøya­ne, Gråhu­ken, 01st sep­tem­ber 2024

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Sun
1 Sep
2024

The calm night ancho­red in Raud­fjord and some sun­rays last night and in the ear­ly mor­ning were a good thing. We spent the mor­ning in the beau­tiful bay of Hamil­ton­buk­ta.

In the after­noon it was time to stretch legs a lit­te bit, and so we did during a hike across Buchan­an­hal­vøya in inner Raud­fjord. Just in time befo­re it star­ted rai­ning again.

Pho­to gal­lery – Raud­fjord: Hamil­ton­buk­ta, Buchan­an­hal­vøya, 31st August 2024

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