Today we are 38 kilometres from the open sea at the end of a northern facing fjord. This is quite important because it means that we are away from the warmer sea and the Gulf Stream so it is currently about -10 centigrade.
We set off just as the sun was rising, although that didn't affect the temperature.
We had a lovely walk through a forest from the dock to the centre of Alta. Once there we immediately found the beautiful modern church with the curly whirly spire.
We both made the terrible mistake of taking our gloves off for more than a few seconds to take photos, and it was made even worse because then we found an ice sculpture park and took the gloves off again.
It was then almost impossible to warm them up again, but we picked up the pace and headed back to the ship, taking a detour to a disused ski jump.
It had steps up to the top and looked terrifying.
Back on the ship the sun set before 3pm, and the beautiful pink sunset filled the sky.
Then just as we were having dinner an announcement was made that the northern lights were out. We jumped up between courses to have a look and they were the best that we have ever seen. Unfortunately we didn't have coats or cameras so didn't stay long, but we saw more of the lights after we had finished our puddings although they weren't anywhere near as spectacular.
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