Northern Lights Diary

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 22:00

    Report from Eldey: We had a great sailing experience tonight exploring the skies in Faxafloi. The imagine peace tower was on so we could see it almost like a bat-signal. Unfortunately, we couldn´t find any northern lights so we offered our passe

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    Tour status: RUNNING
    Aurora activity: 3/9
    Weather conditions: N 4m/s, 0°C 
    Cloud cover: Partly clouded 
    Moon status: Waxing Crescent, illumination: 37%

    Tour at 22:00

    Report from Eldey: The ocean was amazingly smooth and the

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    Tour status: CANCELLED
    Aurora activity: 4/9
    Weather conditions: SW 5m/s, 2°C 
    Cloud cover: Fully clouded 
    Moon status: Waxing Crescent, illumination: 27%

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    Tour status: CANCELLED
    Aurora activity: 4/9
    Weather conditions: S m/s, 4°C 
    Cloud cover: Fully clouded 
    Moon status: Waxing Crescent, illumination: 17%

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    Tour status: CANCELLED
    Aurora activity: 3/9
    Weather conditions: SW 3m/s, 4°C 
    Cloud cover: Fully clouded 
    Moon status: Waxing Crescent, illumination: 10%

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    Tour status: RUNNING
    Aurora activity: 3/9
    Weather conditions: S 3m/s, 3°C 
    Cloud cover: Partly clouded 
    Moon status: Waxing Crescent, illumination: 4%

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    Tour status: RUNNING
    Aurora activity: 5/9
    Weather conditions: SE 3m/s, 4°C 
    Cloud cover: Partly clouded 
    Moon status: Waxing Crescent, illumination: 1%

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    Tour status: RUNNING
    Aurora activity: 3/9
    Weather conditions: SE 6m/s, 5°C 
    Cloud cover: Partly clouded 
    Moon status: New Moon, illumination: 0%

    Tour at 22:00

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    Tour status: RUNNING
    Aurora activity: 6/9
    Weather conditions: E 3m/s, 4°C 
    Cloud cover: Partly clouded 
    Moon status: Waning Crescent, illumination: 1%

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    Tour status: CANCELLED
    Aurora activity: 4/9
    Weather conditions: E 5m/s, 6°C 
    Cloud cover: Fully clouded 
    Moon status: Waning Crescent, illumination: 4%

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    Tour status: CANCELLED
    Aurora activity: 3/9
    Weather conditions: E 10m/s, 4°C 
    Cloud cover: Fully clouded 
    Moon status: Waning Crescent, illumination: 9%

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    Tour status: CANCELLED
    Aurora activity: 3/9
    Weather conditions: E 7m/s, 4°C 
    Cloud cover: Fully clouded 
    Moon status: Waning Crescent, illumination: 16%

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    Tour status: RUNNING
    Aurora activity: 2/9
    Weather conditions: E 4m/s, -1°C 
    Cloud cover: Partly clouded
    Moon status: Waning Crescent, illumination: 23%

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    Tour status: RUNNING
    Aurora activity: 3/9
    Weather conditions: E 7m/s, 1°C 
    Cloud cover: Partly clouded
    Moon status: Waning Crescent, illumination: 31%

    To

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Report from Eldey: One more cold night in the search for the elusive aurora borealis. The activity forecast was good it was a starry night and the wind seemed to be clearing the clouds that were still covering a part of the sky. But once more it has bee

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Report from Eldey and Hafsúla:  The strong wind reminded us that it is still winter, but we kept warm in the complimentary overalls. It was definitely worth it because the the northern lights gave us such a great show! The lights appeared

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Elding and Hafsulan: It was a beautifully clear starlit night, as we set sail into faxa bay. The forecast looked good with a 3/9 for activity and no clouds. It was a bit chilly out there tonight but luckily there were enough blankets and overalls t

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    Tour at 2100

    Report from elding: It was a clear starry night as we sailed out of the harbour, so one important requirement for seeing the aurora was met. Not even 15 minutes passed, while just barely leaving the harbour lights behind us, we saw a beautiful green arch stretc

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    Tour status: RUNNING

    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Hafsulan: We had the perfect conditions to spot northern lights tonight. The sky was clear and we could contemplate all the constellations above us. The weather behaved too as it w

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    Tour status: RUNNING
    Aurora activity: 2/9
    Weather conditions: N 6m/s, -4°C 
    Cloud cover: Clear skies
    Moon status: Waning Gibbous, illumination: 86%