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From the top of Europe The North Cape / Winter Weecall at Mehamn and Kjollefjord during the night before making an ear stop at Honningsvag. we sail through the narrow Mageroy Sound along the east coast of Mageroya, home of the North Cape. Following winte1 the ocean current here is too strong for the poorly nourished reindeer that need to cross every spring to their summer pastures on Mageroya. Asaresult, the Norwegian Army deploy landing craft to transport around 3,800 reindeer acro the strait each yea After docking briefly in Havoysund, we make an extended stop in Hammerfest, an urban surprise alonga sparsely populated coast. The town defended its reputation as the northernmost town in the world for many years until the title passed to Longyearbyen in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. Check out the UNESC! listed Meridian Column in Hammerfest. It marks the northernmost measuring point of the Struve Geodetic Arc, achain of survey triangulations for geographic meridians that established the exact size and shape of the planet. Plotted by astronomer Friedrich Struve between 1816 and 1856, the arc stretches over 2,820 km through a total of 10 countrie Hammerfest to the Black Sea. Amble tothe highly informative Polar Bear Society and stop by the lovely souvenir shop. sweeping views over the whole area, take the zig-zag path behind the town tothe viewpoint on Mount Salen. We continue sailing south to Oksfjord to finda small but thriving community of around 500 people. Nearby, you might be able to glimpse one of Norway largest glaciers, the mighty Oksfjordjokelen, towering 1,204 metres above sea level. The horn of our ship isawel- come sound in these parts. Like many of Norway's coastal towns and villages, Oksfj is noteasy toreach by road. On emerging out of the four kilometre-long dimly lit, narrow tunnel that leads here, one traveller de- scribed it as going from “hell to heaven in the blink ofan eye’. Our next port of call is the picturesque settlement of Skjervoy, surrounded by ebeen hing port mountain peaks. W docking at this vital fi
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