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Tag: Arctic Cathedral

Thaw in Tromsø (Part 2)

Posted on December 28, 2024January 16, 2025 by bollingerbabe

SUNRISE: None SUNSET: None After an excellent night’s sleep, we got up as usual at eight o’clock and went up to the Thistle Restaurant for our breakfast. Afterwards, we ventured outside onto the rear decks; we were pleased to see it wasn’t actually raining, although there was a lot of low cloud and it was…

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Thaw in Tromsø (Part 1)

Posted on December 27, 2024January 16, 2025 by bollingerbabe

SUNRISE: None SUNSET: None We arose at 8.00am as usual this morning, filled with a sense of excitement and anticipation of our arrival into Tromsø this afternoon. It would be our fifth visit to this magnificent city; we’ve been twice in summer and this would be our third time in winter. I would say Tromsø…

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Time in Tromsø

Posted on February 16, 2022June 8, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We awoke this morning to a cloudless, vivid blue Arctic sky; the temperature being a chilly -8ºC.  We went to the Lido restaurant on Deck 8 and got a table by the window so we could watch the progress of the Borealis into port; we were due to dock in Tromsø around 10.00am.  This is…

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Northern Lights in Tromsø

Posted on November 13, 2014April 6, 2022 by bollingerbabe

When we woke up this morning around 8.30am it was still dark; it would be another 45 minutes until sunrise. 🙂 After getting dressed and having breakfast, we wrapped up warmly and went out on deck. We had to tread carefully because there was ice on the deck and on the hand-rails, but the ship’s…

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