Tuesday, June 28
After seeing the North Cape from the ship at midnight with the sun still out, today was our opportunity to actually get on it and look out to sea towards the North Pole, which is still a long way away! We had booked a tour before we left home, and after finding Sven we set off from Honningsvag. It was sunny and mild - we are so blessed to have these weather conditions at the northern end of Norway.
The drive to the Cape took about 45 minutes, and the scenery was very interesting, including seeing the occasional herd of reindeer with their young ones. We arrived at the Cape in sunshine, took all the necessary photos and then watched a panoramic movie on the four seasons at the Cape. Why people come in winter amazes us when it is snowing, freezing and very dangerous on the roads because of the wind - Sven told us of a crash he had 5 years ago when the bus rolled in the snow and they had to get the Army in to rescue them! After coffee and cake (again) while admiring the views, we found it lightly raining as we returned to the bus. Again a reminder of how quickly the weather can change when on such an exposed piece of coastline.
On the way back to Honningsvag we stopped to visit a Sami herder with his reindeer, then onto Skarsvag, the northernmost fishing village in the world. We saw the huge king crabs that abound in these northern waters, as well as a Christmas shop and we also saw lots of stockfish drying on racks. This was a great tour and made for another memorable day in Norway.
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