The bar with welcome shots
We are told to check out all the rooms we want. I start by checking my room #21 down Drommestein which translates to Trail of Dreams.
The entry way to my room.
Surprise, I get the Taj Mahal
This is the epitome of taking the law to the letter. All hotels must be equipped with smoke alarms.
The ice bed
At this point we are all scurrying up and down aisles looking into everyone's rooms. It likes we were kids in our excitement.
We have dinner at the Gabba restaurant before spending the night in ice.
Reindeer sausage.
Cooking over the fire
During dinner someone comes in yelling northern lots and we all run out to look. They were quite nice and bright.
Some last minute picks of the outside of the hotel. We spent some time after dinner in the lounge waiting to go to the bathroom. There is no ice toilet in the hotel.
I ended up having to run outside at 1:30am
A few picks of the area in the morning
Temp about -14
Here is a pic of the sticks used for cooking over the fire
I board the Midnatsol in the afternoon
Here is our path.
Here is what my cabin looked like.
I like the little puffins on the carpet
I explore the ship the whole afternoon
Norwegian King Harald V and Queen Sonja Haraldsen.
Survived the first night of OMG high arctic seas bouncing the ship around. There was a speaker announcement saying we are now in open arctic sea, if you are feeling Ok, then good because its not going to get worse...
Nothing about the alternative to 'if you are OK'.....SOL for you then.
Wind turbines
Lovely winter deck.
