17/11 HAMMERFEST 

 

 

Skies are grey but may clear. We are here in Hammerfest in lieu of Honningsvag due to weather. We have learned the roads to Honningsvag have also been closed. We are here in port till 0500 tomorrow. This could be good for some stationary Northern Lights photos. 

After breakfast we caught up on some projects and Lynn did a load of laundry. The winds outside are reported to be blowing at about 20 MPH, so we may take a shuttle bus into town rather than walking.

We took the shuttle bus as the wind was ever-present and had a chill off the ocean. 

 

We located City Hall and got direction to the Polar Bear Institute. I am now a member of The Roya and Ancient Polar Bear Institute.  Here is nice little museum highlighting the roll Hammerfest played in Polar Exploration. Adolph Lindstrom was from Hammerfest, There is a statute of him on the waterfront.  He was best known as a cook on many Arctic expeditions. There was a cookbook of his recipes at the Institute, but alas it was only available in Norwegian. 


 

 
After my initiation ceremony we made our way to one of the local churches. 

 

This Lutheran Church is built in the style of the Arctic church in Tromso. 

It was about 1230 and the light was fading. Hours of daytime are rather limited with the sunrise at 0943 and sunset 1239. 

Back to the ship and a nice reindeer soup and beer for lunch, Lynn had the Klipfish. I had Waffles for dessert and Lynn had a celebration cake.

It is almost 1400 and darkness is falling, we will most likely spend the afternoon working on laundry, catching up on email, and preparing for a wonderful 5 course meal this evening.    

 

A heavy snow has started to fall.