2014 - OCEAN PRINCESS - NY ALESUND, SVALBAD
Fri 13 Jun 2014
WAVING GOODBYE TO THE VERY FAR NORTH, WE HEAD SOUTH TO NY ALESUND. INHABITED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BY SCIENTISTS AND THAIS.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAIS - AS IN PEOPLE FROM THAILAND.
MARTINE WILL CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, BUT I THINK THIS IS AN EIDER DUCK.
I HAD AN EIDERDOWN COVER ON MY BED AS A KID & NEVER CONNECTED THE DOTS... EIDER DOWN!
ARCTIC TERNS MAYBE ..... MARTINE???
AND A LITTLE FAR NORTH WHIMSY.....
IF YOU LOOK VERY CLOSE, DOWN IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER THERE IS A REINDEER. PETER SPOTTED IT, WHO ELSE?
WHICH REMINDS ME OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AN OVERHEARD CONVERSATION - 'DID YOU SEE THE RAIN DEAR? NO, BUT I DID SEE THE SNOW. DARLING.'
THIS SIGN IS VERY SERIOUS. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE CLUSTERED AROUND IT THAT MANY DID NOT SEE THE SIGN & WENT OBLIVIOUSLY UP THE ROAD.
SECURITY PEOPLE HAD TO DRIVE UP AND TELL THEM TO GET BACK, RESULTING IN -
NO LOST TOURISTS.
EMMA & RACHEL, ONE OF THE SPA GIRLS WITH THE LOVELY SCOTTISH ACCENT. BOTH DRESSED FOR THE ELEMENTS, UNLIKE SOME OF THEIR COLLEAGUES WHO WERE IN T-SHIRTS.
NOT THE NORTH POLE EMMA BUT CLOSE.
THE LINE-UP FOR THE MOST NORTHERLY POST OFFICE. HAVE YOU RECEIVED MY POST CARD YET? DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH.
