Crossing the Arctic Circle

Today was a rest day and we took a trip to the island of Grimsey, to join the procession of tourists walking across the Arctic Circle. Grimsey is a tiny island of about 100 inhabitants and although only 25 miles off the north coast of Iceland, feels as though it's lost in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.



There wasn't too much to do on the island, but it was a very cool place to visit. We crossed the magical line, walked around the headlands, enjoyed the company of thousands of seabirds and tried to imagine life in such an isolated spot.

The crossing back to the mainland was quite spectacular, with glorious evening sunshine as we steamed towards the majestic mountains of the north coast.