Day 6 - Hammerfest and back to Tromsø

Today was spent mostly on board the ship.  At Hammerfest we went for the Arctic Energy tour.  The tour guide spoke in 4 different languages even though there were less than 10 of us who attended.  We also arrived late and had only an hour before the ship was scheduled to leave.  Hammerfest is the northernmost town in Norway and exports LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) to Europe and the US.

Hammerfest from the top of the mountain.

LNG facility, view from the ship.

The tour was a bit disappointing really, it was a tour of the energy house, and the energy house was basically only 2 rooms!  I expected a tour of the facility.

Types of wall insulation, from post world war 2 to present, left to right.  The new (right most) insulation is supposed to be more energy efficient.

The oldest generator, still working and provides 2% of the energy requirements for the town.

We boarded the ship at 12:45pm then read and slept for the next several hours.  There's not much to do on the ship and the next stop was at 4pm, at Skjervøy which was only for 15 minutes but we got off anyway just to have a walk about.

It was raining and the ground had turned to ice (snow's melted) so it was very dangerous to walk.

Skjervøy dock.

Dinner was again at 8:30pm, same table, same people.  We had to check out at 10pm so after dinner we packed our things and waited at the deck for our arrival at Tromsø at 12am. Now we're back in a decent hotel so I can finally send an update.

Tomorrow (or should I say, today!) we shall explore more of Tromsø!