Prague, Czech Republic to Olafsvik, Iceland
Thursday, August 20th, 2026 Distance flown – 2,820 kilometres (PRG – FRA 410 kilometres / FRA – KEF 2,410 kilometres) Distance driven – 254 kilometres Distance hiked – 4.7 kilometres (almost all in Frankfurt airport) Whether or not it is truly a factor of increasing age, I do not really know – but things that…
Olafsvik, Iceland to Brjanslaekur, Iceland
Friday, August 21st, 2026 Distance driven – 357 kilometres (611 total) Distance hiked – 7.2 kilometres I am always an early riser, I seem to have an internal setting in my head that wakes me up at 05:00. Sadly, that same setting appeared to be for C.E.T. – which was no good in Iceland, where…
Flateyri, Iceland to Holmavik, Iceland
Sunday, August 23rd, 2026 Distance driven – 259 Kilometres (1143 total) Distance hiked – 5 Kilometres I slept like a dead person and, when I woke up, it was not raining ! I closed my eyes, opened them very slowly and looked again – it still was not raining. Hooray ! It was however, still…
Brjanslaekur, Iceland to Flateyri, Iceland
Saturday, August 22nd, 2026 Distance driven – 288 kilometres (899 total) When I first stirred it was again at 03:00 but, as I did not need to move to find that out, I was quickly able to go back to sleep, accompanied by the soft drumming of rain on the roof. When I awoke the second…
Holmavik, Iceland to Akureyri, Iceland
Monday, August 24th, 2026 Distance driven – 358 Kilometres (1501 grand total) I woke up feeling refreshed. I had expected to feel a bit queasy after all the butter, but I did not. Maybe the phrase “buttered up” works in more ways than one. I made my self a pot of tea and went to…
Akureyri, Iceland – and out to sea in the Denmark Strait
Tuesday, August 25th, 2026 The great day of departure dawned with the sun beaming into our window and blue sky clearly visible. Despite the fact that we had already been on the far more formidable South Atlantic Ocean, on the same ship, I could not help but feel a tiny clutch of apprehension. Or maybe,…
The Denmark Strait to the Scoresby Sund, Greenland
Wednesday, August 26th, 2026 I passed a peaceful night and awoke at about 06:40, somewhat after the first grey light of dawn. That colour is an assumption that I feel safe in making as the sky was grey and the choppy sea was greyer still. I went to get Lucie her coffee from the lounge.…
Scoresby Sund, Greenland
Thursday, August 27th, 2026 Distance hiked – 3.5 kilometres With a “picturesque” sunrise slated for 05:18, we quite naturally leapt out of our little beds at 05:05. It was already light enough to see outside and there were icebergs a few hundred metres from our window. We dressed and climbed to the lounge, where we…
Vikingebugt, Scoresby Sund, Greenland
Friday, August 28th, 2026 The day started at 04:00 when Lucie and I climbed from our warm beds and went outside to view the partial eclipse of the moon. Only we saw nothing, because whatever portion of moon that was not obscured by the shadow of the earth was, instead, obscured by clouds. Pink Floyd…
Ittoqqortoomiit, Scoresby Sund, Greenland and to the East Greenland National Park
Saturday, August 29th, 2026 As is, so often, the way, with no noteworthy partial eclipse happening, the moon decided to show itself in its full glory. As did, yet another glorious dawn. When we woke up properly, it was to another smooth morning – a benefit of still being within the Scoresby Sund. The Plancius…
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