OK, I need to wrap up the blog about this trip, don’t I?
I’ll see how quickly I can do that…
So, Feb 11 was kind of a big day. We passed the Arctic Circle (we had been north of the Arctic Circle the entire time up to this point). The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost point at which the sun shines 24 hours a day on Midsummer’s Night Eve, and circles the Earth at 66o 33′ north.
To commemorate this event, Hurtigruten offers everybody a free teaspoon of cod liver oil. Woo hoo! I don’t remember if I ever had it before, but of course we had to do it. I didn’t think it tasted all that bad, and we got to keep the commemorate spoon, so bonus! We washed it down with a glass of champagne. Why not?
The Arctic Circle globe is on a very small island named Vikingen.
After all of that excitement, we had more to come – a class on how to make gravlax! I had always thought that gravlax was just smoked salmon with dill on it, but in fact, it is not smoked. It is cured. The curing ingredients usually include salt, sugar and dill. In our class, we were also given a glass of Aquavit – to either drink, or use to cure, or both. I drank all of mine 🙂
After making our gravlax, we were treated to a tour of the ship’s kitchen!
Then it was time to get off the boat at our next stop in Sandnessjøen.
Here is Kenn clowning around at the Petter Dass monument. Considered one of the most important poets of his time, Petter Dass’ famous works include the “Trumpet of the North” and the hymn “Mighty God to Thy Dear Name be Given Highest Praise.” He lived and worked in Alstahaug from 1689 until his death in 1707. 
The main street of Sandnessjøen. Unfortunately it was Sunday so pretty much all of the shops were closed. Still a nice walk though.
I guess Kenn was in a good mood this day!
After that, the big thing was we passed the Seven Sisters mountains. These mountaintops look so beautiful that a local legend claims that they are female trolls turned to stone. They are comprised of Botnkrona (1,072 m), Grytfoten (1,066 m), Skjæringen (1,037 m), Tvillingene (the Twins) (980 m), Kvasstinden (,1010 m) and Stortinden (910 m). The Norwegian Trekking Association estimates that a fit walker should take just under thirteen hours to complete the 27 kilometre hike over all of them, which includes a 3,225 metre altitude difference.
I’m a bit mad at myself because I forgot to change the setting on my camera until after we passed the Seven Sisters, so, this photo is a bit blurry.
Then on to the next stop – Brønnøysund. 
Translation: “Play Here!” I think it was a Lotto thing.
Later in the evening we stopped in Rorvik for an hour but I don’t have any photos of it.
OK, I think that’s enough photos for one post. I think I’ll keep going so stay tuned – another post hopefully coming soon! Next up: Trondheim, the Atlantic Road and the marble mine at Bergtatt!