Breakfast at 9:30 today. Walked up to storgata past the mack brewery (the most northern brewery in the world!)
and then polaria neither of which were open. Had a coffee in the Shell garage - free even if you dont buy anything. Walked to Polar Mueseum which was open.
Had lunch at the Meiereit near our hotel. Food was not bad and cheap. Had an hours snooze in hotel room and then got our coach at 16:00 to Skorjov which arrived at about 19:40. Transferred to our coastal steamer Ms Midnatsol (Midnight Sun), a big cruise ship with 1000 capacity although at this time probably only 20 people on board. Destination is Tromso at midnight. Consumed a number of beers at 53kr each (these are european measures so about 1/2 pint), a salmon lok(49kr) and piece of cake (33kr).
Spent much time on the subzero sundeck hopeful of seeing northern lights despite the extreme weather (incredible winds and severe snow). Resulted in doing a shift system, 10 mins in and 10 mins out to beat the cold.