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Hornsund Fjord--East Coast Of Spitsbergen
On first peering out of the porthole this morning around 7 AM, we
were still in the fogbound world and could see very little except
the waterline which is just a bit below our window. However, we
got up & dressed and headed for our 7:30 breakfast buffet. By that
time, we were in a glorious setting under bright blue skies and
surrounded by marble “peaklets” and sedimentary sand hills.
Birds were raucous on the cliff faces and the sea was smooth as
the granite statues in Vigeland Park. Wisps of fog meandered
about the scene, but stayed low and gauzy. Our view was
magnificent and the weather was actually quite pleasant--
probably about 40 degrees.
