By Paul Bryers

We are happy to be experiencing falling snow at last! Our present location is Harstad, where we are engaged in an excursion to explore the nearby churches, early settlements, and Russian Prisoner Camps that were once under German control.

After Harstad, we headed out on a coach to Refenes for car ferry to Flesnes and then on to Sortland to pick up our ship.
A good tour.

A captivating video I recorded from our tour bus on a bridge shows our ship Richard With sailing to meet us.

Navigating South along the stunning Tengelfjord towards Raftsund to join our Sea Eagle boat safari.

The Sea Eagle boat safari was outstanding, with the captain estimating upwards of 60 White-tailed Eagles surrounding our boat during the 2-hour excursion.

The sail into small Trollfjord was wonderful.