Northern Lights Diary

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions :  E 12m/s 6°C

    Cloud Cover: Partly Clouded

    Moon status : Waxing Gibbous. Illumination: 6

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    Tour at 21:00

    Report from Eldey: Our northern lights cruise started pretty well as we had calm seas and good visibility in the sky in which we could see many of the constellations that we are used to. We got very excited as we could start to see a green l

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Eldey: We sailed out full of hope, the forecast was promising and the sky totally clear. The city lights looked beautiful against the starry night sky. However, the northern lights remained elusive. Around 22:30 o'clock, thick clouds moved i

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 3/9 

    Weather conditions :  SE 10m/s 6°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waxing Crescent Illum

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : SE 6m/s 8°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Crescent Illumin

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : SE 9m/s 7°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Crescent Illumination

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Hafsulan: the only way to describe our tour was roller coaster. It is often said that weather changes every five minutes in Iceland, and we felt it last night in our own skin. Twice, we had to face strong hailing plus heav

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    Tour Status: CANCELLED

    Aurora activity : 2/9 

    Weather conditions : SE 15m/s 6°C

    Cloud Cover: Fully Clouded

    Moon status : Waning Crescent Illumi

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    Tour Status : ON 

    Aurora activity : 3/9 

    Weather conditions : E 8m/s -1°C

    Cloud Cover : Partly Clouded

    Moon status : Waxing Crescent Illumination : 5%

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Hafsúlan: The Imagine Peace Tower looked lovely this calm evening. The aurora forecast was great but the sky was almost completely cloudy. We knew we needed some luck to get rid off the clouds to see the northern lights. After o

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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Report from Hafsúlan: We were excited to sail out after watching strong northern lights before the tour began. However, it seemed as if the sky was tricking us. As soon as we sailed out, the clouds came in and the northern light activity vanished. The c

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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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    Tour Status: RUNNING

    Tour at 21:00 

    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%