Sunday, our port of call was Akureyri which sits at the end of the Eyjafjordur fjord which is Iceland's longwet fjord at 45 miles long. The excursion we had booked was cancelled so we just walked around town. We had been here once before.
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| Sunset approaches |
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| Th entrance to the fjord was absolutely flat . I saw lots od wildlife in the early morning light |
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| Where I started seeing the wildlife. |
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| A bird taking off |
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| I think this was a whale just with a bit of it's head out of the water. Later in the day, the captain told us that a pod of 6 humpback whales was seen near the entrance to the fjord. I saw about 6y of this type of activity in the water about the same time |
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| I am pretty sure this is the top of the head of a whale. Just not sure what type of whate. |
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| The sun is up |
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| A Northern Fulmer at it's reflection |
The entrance to the fjord behind us.
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| Akureyri |
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| Common Eider ducks |
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| We walked along the shoreline |
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| Lupins are common here . They are not native but they were introduced to help control errosion |
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| Akureyri Church |
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| We climbed the steps to the church but walked down via a steep sidewalk. |
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| Brrom plant |
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| The central sqaure |
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| Back to the ship. |
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| A waterfall across the fjord |
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| Pulling away from the pier |
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| A humpback whale appeared |
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| It's tail shown when it dived |
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| A Blow |
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| A shot from rhe Crowsnest as I waited for the sun to set |
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| A bird taking off. |
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