Bronnoysund

The mid morning announcement probably sums up today’s journey, “on the port, left hand, we are currently passing the seven sisters, if you come to the expedition room we can show you pictures of what is hidden by the blizzard conditions”. We left the artic circle about 08:00 after the crew had cleared the overnight snow from the outside observation deck, then after that it started snowing again. Several small stops before arriving late afternoon in Bronnoysund, today’s long stop - 2 hours. Fortunately it had stopped snowing, so we went for a wet slushy walk through town, no shopping, all shops are closed in Norway on Sundays, eventually arriving at the church where a local guitar and accordion group were playing. Then back through the slush to the ship to dry out. With the temperature expected to drop below zero overnight Brnoysund will be treacherous tomorrow.Read more