Sunday – August 27, 2017
We left Portree, Isle of Skye Scotland last night and cruised northward toward the North Atlantic Ocean. We set our clocks back a hour so I awoke early to a rainy day. There were gale force winds and white caps on the water and the ship rocked back and forth. By noon the wind had died and the seas were calm with just the swells.
After breakfast, we went to the theater to hear guest lecturer, Dr. Hannessoon talk about Greenland and the People. He spoke about the history of the largest island in the world and the indigenous people who lived there. A number of years ago, he went to the north western part of Greenland during the winter to explore, camp, and ski in the region. He spoke about his experiences and showed his photographs of the trip.
We caught the end of a presentation of the excursions in the three towns we’re going to visit in Iceland starting tomorrow. The towns looked small but very interesting. Afterwards, we heard another Ask the Captain Q & A with our new captain,XXXX. He’s younger than the previous captain and seems to be more flexible and smiles more.
The Captain predicts a rainy day and 48 degrees tomorrow in Akyruryi .