Northern Lights Diary

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: A calm and beautiful night to be out that ended up being just spectacular. Not only were we lucky to have northern lights starting faintly just underneath the big dipper as soon as we left land, b

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    Report from Eldey: The clouds were dispearsing as we were going out of the harbour,quite a good sign , as the cloud cover was quite persistaint throughout the day. What was also a happy circumstance for the cold night air to be not as cold as it can be, since there was no wind. We did't wait too

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a beautiful night as we sailed out, slightly cloudy but the clouds were quickly breaking apart revealing more and more sky. With a promising forecast for the activity and clearing skies, we were very optimist

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: The wind and temperature were a reminder that winter has already arrived to Iceland. Weather conditions did not hinder this experience though. Northern lights are occasionally the cause of defraud

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: With tonights great forecast, no clouds and a KP of 4, we were so ready to go go gooooo!! Tripod and camera ready, we sailed out into a calm bay and off into the darkness. We began seeing a faint arch across the mag

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Even though the weather forecast was not so brilliant, we sailed out hoping there will be an opportunity for us if the cloud cover thins out a bit. We made a very nice tour around Videy island whe

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     TOUR CANCELLED | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 1/9 

    Weather conditions: SE 13 m/s 4°C

    Cloud Cover:  Partly clouded

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: This is how we like our northern lights tours to start, with a faint light as soon as we leave the harbour that teased us for around 20 minutes and then lit up all above Esja. While the super bright lasted maybe 10

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: The KP index for tonight was predicted to be considerably higher than last night and that was reason enough to get our hopes up for a the outcome of today's tour. The weather, the same as last nig

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: As we started our tour, a light snow had just passed us and clouds were beginning to lighten and break apart as time passed. Though it was rather wavy, we found shelter between islands and behind Mt Esja. It looke r

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: A cold evening to go hunting for northern lights so we wrapped up warm or stayed in the nice warm saloons with a hot chocolate and baileys we serve at the cafeteria on board hmmmm. We sailed out w

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was the perfect night to go northern lights hunting, clear skies and little wind provided the perfect conditions. It was after about 30 mins when we started to see a green arch to the north, fi

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey:  Due to the clear skies we had a frosty night. But we definitely will not complain because clear skies are the best, actually a neccesity, to see northern lights. The swell further out in the bay was no bother

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a pleasant ride regardless of the sporadic bouncing of the vessel due to the restless swell. A cloth of mist was covering our surroundings, enhancing the mystical aura of our landscape. Unf

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    TOUR CANCELLED | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions: SE 10m/s 3°C

    Cloud Cover: Partly clouded 

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a beautiful night, stars shining and some clouds here and there as we sailed out from the Old Harbour. The night was off to a good start since we already started seeing green hues through o

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     TOUR CANCELLED | at 21:00

    Aurora activity: 2/9 

    Weather conditions: SE 12m/s 4°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a smooth ride over flat seas and soft winds. Most of our guests spend the trip at our outside deck, wrapped up in our warm overalls, while some spend it in our inner saloon drinking a cup o

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: It was a cold night with the clouds moving away more and more and giving way for the stars in the night sky. We had to be rather patient tonight, which proved very easy on such a beautiful night, but after about a a

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     TOUR ON SCHEDULE | at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: We headed out with high hopes as always that the clouds would have big enough caps and high enough activity for us to see the northern lights. It did not take long before we could see the northern lights with our ca