Northern Lights Cruise 2023
Northern Lights Cruise 2023 Andalsnes (port visit cancelled due to extremely bad weather.) Arcadia sailed up the North Sea heading into the storm force winds, hugging the coast of Denmark to avoid the worst of the weather but would not make the port of Andalsnes in time. At one point a wave broke over the Crows Nest bar and lounge on deck 10 and most of the bottles on the shelves in the bar hit the floor. The excellent Captain Sharples explains to us his plan to try to avoid the worst of the weather. Later that evening the stern rose so far that both propellors (360 degree azipods) were out of the water, spun up to maximum revolutions (there being no water resistance) and automatically shut themselves down. The Captain steered the ship on the bow thruster while the azipods were restarted. Exciting! Waiting to meet Richard who we have met many times since. Tromso Grindøysundet nature reserve I took a rib trip to see the Grindøysundet nature reserve from the water. ...