7 July Arctic Circle - Torghatten Mountain

 As the MS Polarlys approached the Arctic Circle (headed Southward) the crew prepared for a ceremony involving the consumption of Cod Liver Oil.

 

The Polar Circle Globe on Vikingen Island off the coast of Norway marks the location of the Arctic Circle.

A second monument, South of the Polar Circle Globe, commentates the legendary creation of the Torghatten Mountain with a hole that was pierced by an arrow fired by an enraged horseman.

 

 

The MS Polarlys docked at Brønnøysund, and we took a bus to the hiking path that leads up the mountain.

 

 

The quality of the stonework on the path was superb.  The guide informed us that a special contractor based in Nepal had built the path using Sherpa workers.

The MS Polarlys leaving Brønnøysund.