Day 6 - North Cape and Northern Lights

Brunch was  served from 10:30 am - lunch was cancelled due to early start of the excursions. At 11:15 am we arrived in Honningsvåg - a long stop.
Just after arrival our excursion to North Cape started. It's polar night - the sun doesn't rise - it wasn't quite dark, but almost twilight at lunchtime. We drove through a very beautiful snow-covered landscape - everything was white - no gravel / salt cars had been "destroying" the impression. The road turned upwards - a total of 330 meters above sea level lies North Cape on a plateau. We walked around in the area about one and a half hours - the snow was fresh and about 40 cm deep. Back at the bus at 01:45 pm it was now much darker. At 3 pm we departed from Honningsvåg.
3:30 pm a lecture on 'Norwegian Outdoor Life' and at 6:00 pm there was a short movie: "Vardø and the Pomor Trade".

North cape at noon

Driving back at 2 pm

Departure from Honningsvåg 3 pm

The rest of the afternoon, we were reading  - got a gin tonic at the bar before it was time for dinner at 7 pm. It was 'Arctic Buffet' with lots of sea delicacies - including salmon, crayfish, freshly caught shrimp and crabs. After dinner we packed suitcases and had gone to bed, when it was announced at about 10 pm that there were northern lights. We quickly put on the warm clothes, mounted the camera on the tripod and went up on deck 9. The ship was in port at Berlevåg. The Northern Lights were almost in zenith, were very nice and with great activity. When we were to photograph we were a little "bothered" by the moon and the smoke from the ship's chimney. At about 11 pm we went back to the cabin with lots of pictures on the memory card.

Lights above the ship

White smoke from the chimney

High in the sky