Northern Lights Diary

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 3/9 

    Weather conditions : E 9m/s 3°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Crescent Illumina

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 3/9 

    Weather conditions : E 8m/s 1°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Crescent Illumina

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    Report from Hafsúlan: I think the job as a aurora forecaster, if that is a job, must be quite easy. Even if you are wrong, you can always blame mother nature. That being said, it was a lovely, although very chilly, night out on the bay. The landscape looked very beautiful after t

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 3/9 

    Weather conditions : E 7m/s -5°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Crescent Illumination

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Hafsúlan: The cold northerly winds reminded us we were sailing at night, in the middle of winter in Iceland. It sure felt freezing but the complimentary overalls, hot chocolates and the excitement to find the northern lights kept us war

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    Report from Hafsúlan: It was still super windy this evening but calmed down enough for us to give it a go. It was the 25th November we last saw the Northern Lights so we were super excited with the forecas

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : NE 7m/s 0°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Last Quarter Illumination : 45%

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : NE 10m/s 1°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Gibbous Illumination : 56

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : NE 13m/s 2°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Gibbous Illumination : 67%

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    Report from Elding: It was completely cloudy when we sailed out tonight. Not a single star was visible. We were hopeful that the sky would clear up soon. While waiting we enjoyed the peace tower and the city lights. However, the sky unfortunately n

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Elding: Believing in forecast we were expecting to have clear sky and aurora dancing brighter than yesterday. Unfortunately mother nature had different plans and sky was covered with clouds. The longer we were waiting the bigger gaps between clouds

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    Report from Eldey: As we left the harbour, there were more clouds in the sky then expected. But the slight breeze we had pushed them away for us within the first hour, revealing a beautiful starfilled sky. It wasn't until two hours after leaving the harbour that the northern lights began appearin

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    Report from Eldey: It was the last night in Reykjavik for many of our passengers, last chance to see the northern lights. It has been very frustrating the last night with either cloudy skies or just no activity. Tonight we got a very faint look at the a

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    Report from Eldey: Another stunning evening to be on the bay, mirror calm sea´s is something to appriciate in Iceland especially in November. It was a cloudy evening but the forecast suggested it would clear and it did for a time. 99% moon shone th

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    Report from Eldey: Clear skies, no winds and a beautiful moon greeted us as we left the harbour this evening. The forecast for the northern lights was very promising, but I guess a forecast isn't always right. We stayed out on the water for 2 1/2 hours, hoping that the lights wou

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    Tour Status : RUNNING

    Report from Eldey: It was cloudy when we left the harbour tonight. We hoped it would clear up but decided to try our luck finding the humpback whale that was seen very close to Viðey island while we waited for the sky to clear up. The whale was no

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    Report from Eldey:

    The forecast for the lights tonight looked more than promising. As we left the harbour we had calm seas and only very thin clouds. But as you learn when you are outside a lot, mother nature is unpredictable and can quickly change her mind. Clouds started

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    Tour : RUNNING

    Report from Eldey: Finally we saw the amazing aurora borealis again! We were excited to sail out again after three nights of cancellations due to stormy weather. The northern lights greeted us as soon as we left the harbour. At first, they were faint but

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    Tour : CANCELLED 

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : S 5m 9°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waxing Gibbous Illumination : 76% 

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    Tour Status : CANCELLED 

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : S/E 13m 10°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waxing Gibbous Illuminati