July 12 - The Svartisen Glacier, Norway

 Today was actually a "sea day" since we didn't dock or anchor.  On our way north, we made our way up a fjord to see the Svartisen Glacier which is the second largest in Norway.  

Before I get to those photos, I forgot to include this one yesterday from Alesund.  

I love the detail on this manhole cover, although I don't think it has anything to do with Alesund.

This commemorates the big fire of 1904.

We couldn't have asked for a better weather day.  It's not always possible to see the top of the glacier, but we were very fortunate.  And the scenery on the way in was breathtaking.

This little island has a marker on the left side (almost impossible to see, unfortunately) that delineates the Arctic Circle, which we had just crossed.



The glacier and some farm buildings at the bottom left for scale.  They harvest hay in the green field.

Today's sunrise was at 4:13 am and sunset will be at 11:19 pm.

I was able to catch our two room stewards together today.

Gahlia (left) an I Komang

Trivia again with Steve and Nannette from yesterday.  They are retired from the P.O. (said they were letter carriers, but we're thinking perhaps management level.) and live in Santa Rosa, CA.   Oly and Holly came but we already had our max of 6 so they played with the group next to us, and of course they did better than we did.  We had 10/15 but that wasn't enough to get us any points.

Tonight was the block party, but we elected to skip it and meet up in Observation Lounge for a pre-dinner beverage and then head over to Sette Mari, the Italian specialty restaurant.  The food is good, but the service was terribly slow.  It almost seemed as if they were short-staffed.  We are now heading to our next port but it is very close so we are creeping along at  7 knots (about 8 mph).  The sea is almost dead calm so we're not doing any moving about.  It's getting towards 10 pm but it looks like it's afternoon outside.

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  1. AnonymousJuly 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM

    Wish our city government could get creative with our man hole covers. But, then, again, they might be on this years hot items to pinch for the n’er do wells. Welcome to the land of the midnight sun! How has tge weather been? Are there any glaciers left with climate change? Has the captain noticed a difference in the waters. More vs less ice floats? What has the temp been? Min

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