We are enjoying the coastal route immensly! We were to cross the Arctic ("Polar") Circle today, but we kept stopping to enjoy the view!
Don't you love those little red huts? They were traditionally used as fishing huts, where the fishermen processed the catch and then slept upstairs for convenience. Nowadays many have been converted into cabins for renting to tourists. What a lovely place to stay for a holiday!
Then when we were just 10km from the Arctic circle we found the best-ever camping spot! It was only 4 pm but we couldn't pass it up.
Official sunset and sunrise times here are 7 minutes apart, and of course it doesn't get dark.
So it looks like the Arctic circle crossing will be tomorrow morning.
21 June 2015, mid summers day.
We have just crossed the Arctic, or Polar Circle! We are on a ferry from Rødøy Fjord (where spent the night) going northwards to Jetvik. Because we crossed by ferry and not road we can't go the kiosk which exists to sell souvenirs of the crossing as well as a stamped certificate to prove that we have crossed the circle. So here is our proof!
Today is midsummer's day, so tonight the sun will not set at the Arctic circle. The midnight sun is visible here for 25 days.
Just over the circle is the Svartigen Ice Cap and glacier.
While we're looking at it a Norwegian turned up and said that last time he was here, 10 years ago, it came down to sea level.
So now we are continuing northwards, still on the spectacular coastal route.
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