Honningsvåg: Nordkapp Tour ... Skarsvåg

Our second stop en route to Nordkapp was Skarsvåg ... which claims to be the northernmost fishing village in the world!

Monika took us to the king crab tanks here. Apparently, king crabs are not native to Norwegian waters. They were brought here from Murmansk initially ... and from Alaska later.

They have flourished to the point of being pests. In fact, in some areas, there are no quotas on hunting them. Regardless of the abundance of king crabs in these waters, however, they continue to fetch high prices due to their popularity around the world!Read more