Geoff Brock & Bruce Gamble
         
     
   
 
 

 
 

Torghatten, Brønnøysund
and the magical Svartisen Glacier

 
Thursday 30th July 2015
 
 
Never mind "misty weather"... it was raining... hard! We did NOT join the morning walk, although Bruce later regretted this.
The "expedition" we missed got all the way to the hole in the mountain.
 
 
 
It was still raining when the zodiacs returned.
 
 
Not long afterwards, we reached this bridge at Brønnøysund.
We were told that the ship would sail under it with only one metre to spare between the top of the ship and the bridge!
 
 
 
We had to take a video, well, you know, just in case it was needed as part of the accident investigation!
 
 
 
Brønnøysund looked interesting, but we sailed right past the town.
 
Later, we sailed past the monument on Vikingen Island, which marks the Arctic Circle line.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crossing the line of the Arctic Circle was reason enough for a celebration!
 
 
 
 
 
Bruce decided he was going to go ashore on the evening glacier expedition. He needed to stoke up for this adventure!
 
(It seems Bruce needn't have "stoked up" after all for the evening diversion, as there were waffles on shore. Oh well, better safe than sorry!)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This had been one of the highlights of the trip for Bruce.
The rain had stopped. It was calm, mild and so atmospheric.
 
 
 
 
 
 
What an amazing experience. It was 11.00pm when we returned to the ship and it was still light.
 
 
 
©Geoff Brock and Bruce Gamble