In December 2007 my wife and I went on the 'Coastal Voyage' from Bergen, Norway, to the North Cape and back again. We were on board the MS Trollfjord, part of the Hurtigruten fleet. Once you go above the Arctic circle ii is dark all day, although if there are no clouds in the sky you can get an eerie blueness that is difficult to describe (but can be seen in the AV).

The Northern Lights were on display but I found it really hard to take decent photos - the ship is moving, rocking and the wind sharp - not to mention the cold. So I only have two decent images of the 'Lights'.

We were caught in a warm storm near the North Cape and had to anchor in a fjord and wait it out. Sadly the warm rain washed away most of the snow and ice and instead of the expected -15C it was 5C.

This one was done in Pictures to Exe and is 18MB, and is the best AV I have done to date.

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