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08.07.2011 – 08.07.2011 15 °C Later start today as today is Day 1 of our Hurtigruten trip from Kirkenes to Vardo. (I still laugh every time I hear the name Hurtigruten—all I can think of is the Swedish Chef from the … Continue reading
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07.07.2011 – 07.07.2011 16 °C Our last day on our tour across Sapmi was from Karasjok to Kirkenes. You can drive to Kirkenes one of two ways; through Norway via many of the Fjords or through Finland via Lake Inari, the … Continue reading
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06.07.2011 – 06.07.2011 15 °C Great drive today from Karusevanto to Karasjok! We drove in all three countries today; Norway, Sweden and Finland! Day started at the usual time of around 8ish with a nice (albeit plain) breakfast in our hotel. … Continue reading
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05.07.2011 – 05.07.2011 14 °C Early start as we had the Europcar dude picking us up at 9am. Got our beast (equiv to $1k for 3 days—probably one of the most exy car rentals on earth!)—a VW Golf Station Wagon—and started … Continue reading
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04.07.2011 – 04.07.2011 11 °C Nothing really to report today as today has been our transit day! Had a very leisurely start to the day and then bought a couple of souvenirs in Longyearbyen before boarding the plane for Tromso. Tromso … Continue reading
03.07.2011 – 03.07.2011 5 °C V Early start this morning as we had to have our bags packed and waiting outside of the door by 7am. Considering I didn’t make it to bed til after 2pm I was feeling pretty tired … Continue reading
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02.07.2011 – 02.07.2011 6 °C Our final day on board the MS Expedition started off gloriously, almost no wind and a temp of 7 deg!! Hopped into the zodiacs and zoomed on to shore to see a pack of walruses! About … Continue reading
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01.07.2011 – 01.07.2011 1 °C Weather was still fairly ordinary when we woke up this morning. Windy, raining and overcast. Temp itself was quite warm though (probably about 5) so not too bad a morning to be out in zodiacs. The … Continue reading
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30.06.2011 – 30.06.2011 2 °C Bit better weather today (still overcast but not too bad) so at 8.30 we had our usual announcement “deck 2 to the mud room” (although mud room is pronounced mar-room) and we then zoomed off in … Continue reading
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29.06.2011 – 29.06.2011 -2 °C Early morning again as we needed to get up and go out via zodiac to a peninsular to see an old research station that was used back in the early 30s. The research station was used … Continue reading