We had a "North Cape Sightseeing Tour" excursion with Blue Puffin. The weather was supposedly to be raining. Luckily, it did not rain. However, the fog was pretty thick. Our tour took us on a scenic ride across Magerøya Island, in the extreme northern part of Norway.
First, we stopped by 2 fishing villages to get to know about local life styles in the Arctic. The first one was a cod fishing village. Our tour guide Monika shown us how the fishermen there catch and process the cod. It was very interesting.
Then we went to the next fishing village which is a King Crab fishing village. On our way there, we spotted several reindeers. One of them even had red antlers. She told us that both male and female reindeers have antlers. They grow and fell off each year. Antlers begin to grow on male reindeers in March or April and on female reindeers in May or June. As the antlers grow, they are covered in thick velvet (fuzzy sheath of skin), filled with blood vessels and spongy in texture. When the antler growth is fully grown and hardened, the velvet is sheded or rubbed off.
At the King Crab fishing village, our tour guide picked up both male King Crab and female King Crab to show us the difference. We got a very close look at these ugly and tasty sea animals.
Then, we got to the North Cape. North Cape is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. The cape includes a 307-metre-high cliff (1,007 ft) with a large flat plateau on top, unfortunately the fog was too thick to allow us to see the cliff. There is a Globe and a Milestone at North Cape. We took photos there in the thick fog.
After we got back to the pier, we wondered around this small town - Honningsvag and did souvenir shopping. Some of us even tried the King Crab in one of the nearby restaurant. There was a famous Ice Bar in town, however, due to pandemic, the Ice Bar was closed and it is a Christmas Shop now. We took photos in front of the famous Bamse dog Statue and Troll Statue.
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