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Today is another day at sea.  This morning there was fog, with the steady drone of the ship’s foghorn.  Now the fog has lifted to low clouds and it is quiet.  The sea is calm. In the morning we went … Continue reading →

Early in the morning I got great view of the spectacular north coasts of the Faroe Islands.  I also saw we were heading for a fog bank further south.  As we dove into the fog and the ship sounded its … Continue reading →

Today was my best day yet. The Faroe Islands are one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. Although Tórshavn, the capital, remained enshrouded in fog the entire day, luckily, my chosen excursion to the Vestmanna Seacliffs took … Continue reading →

It was crystal clear and sunny when we entered the harbor of Seyðisfjörður, in East Iceland, this morning.  I had signed up for a tour described as a 75-minute bus ride with a hike to a waterfall at the end.  … Continue reading →

Our port of call, and starting point of our bus tour, was Akureyri, Iceland’s second biggest city of about 18,000.  In spite of being on the north coast close to the Arctic Circle, it has a fairly mild climate. Today … Continue reading →

Interesting, how we visited three remote locations so far, and they are all completely different. In Labrador, we visited a tiny Canadian village with hardy souls, far removed from modern conveniences, with no cellphone service and very limited Internet service.  … Continue reading →

Last night was stormy.  The Denmark Strait, east of Greenland, often has this kind of weather.  The captain said that we experienced a northeasterly gale, force 8, but our TV display of current conditions briefly registered gale force 9 and … Continue reading →

We had to rise early to catch the 7:30 AM “lifeboat” to town.  We could only stay till 1 PM, because the captain was expecting a head current, a headwind, and lots of icebergs on our way to our next … Continue reading →

Life at sea, when there are no excursions, is not super exciting.  P.J and I have established a pattern.  Today, I was awakened at 6:30 AM by the hustle and bustle in the restaurant above our cabin.  By 7:30 I … Continue reading →

After returning to the ship at Red Bay, Captain van der Wal informed us that we would not be going to Cartwright (in Labrador, north of Red Bay) where we were scheduled to be today.  I was looking forward to … Continue reading →