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🇳🇴 norway

Tromsø: Gateway to the Arctic

Alan had a hiking adventure today, but it wasn’t exactly what he expected (hoped). He wasn’t alone. The hike was described as ‘demanding’, but Alan thought he could handle it from the description, and was certainly tempted by the chance…

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Standing at the Top of Europe: North Cape

Pictures from this day can be found here. Today we arrived in Honningsvåg, Norway. We are in for more, ‘the most northern….’ things today. We are at the ‘top of Europe’, even though the main place that claims that, NordCap,…

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🇳🇴 norway🇸🇯 svalbard

Svalbard! Huskies and the World’s Northernmost Town

Photos from this day can be found here. The ship was arriving in Longyearbyen as we got ready to begin our day. Joyce was very ready to get a break from wearing the sea bands. Alan had an early excursion…

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