Today walked through part of the Tromso city
centre. It is a northern port with a large university population with particular emphasis on polar research. It is a young population with an average age of 37, many with young children and has the second highest real estate prices outside of greater Oslo. This Lutheran cathedral dates back to the 1840s.
The Sami is the indigenous culture. The store was closed (being Sunday) but it looked interesting.
We visited the Polar Museum which was small but very good. Not a lot of technology but they did a good job with dioramas that seemed very lifelike.
I assume he is a chiropractor helping this reindeer with a lower back problem.
They would hunt the cute Arctic Foxes for their fur.
Elizabeth was quite taken with the diorama in which you walked into the hut that triggered a soundtrack involving huskies barking excitedly, until one of them calls out in pain, possibly from another husky or someone's boot. Some things are universal!
A tourist trap?
They explained the sealing industry. The exhibits displayed the hunting of Arctic foxes, seals, walruses and polar bears.
Before...
After...
The Norwegian version of Ikea.
Musk Ox which are more closely related to sheep and goats rather than cattle. Their hooves are a bit of a give-away.
Keen to make new friends, I am not sure why he is carrying a log, a log of claims. is it an elaborate mathematical question that he is trying to work out with logs? Who knows and, more importantly, who cares.
Panoramic photo taken from our ship.
The idiot's guide to hunting polar bears.
Final score Harpoon 1 - Walrus 0
We are not sure that this has translated correctly. Or why it is in a polar museum.
Interestingly, in the gift shop, you could buy a paper doll book - of a crossdressing Roald Amundsen !!
I assume that this counts as five serves of fruit.
Our bus tour this afternoon wasn’t as good as usual, with the main bridge out, and a Mass planned that meant we couldn’t go inside the Arctic Church. That didn’t stop an American lady complaining, despite being informed several days in advance. Plus, it didn't help that the main bridge was closed for maintenance. Instead, they took us to a couple of photo stops, and we did see reindeer in the distance, but were to photograph from a moving bus.
They have made comparisons with the Sydney Opera House but it looks a bit like a Lego version.
Somewhere here is where the German battleship the Tirpitz was sunk by British Lancaster bombers in 1944, or at least that is what we were told.
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