A calm sail up the fjord to Kirkenes after the rough and tumble of the night. Breakfast had fried eggs this morning as well as the usual buffet food so it was good. We said farewell to the MS Polarlys and off on the tour to the Russian Border - 13 kilometers away. It was lightly snowing but the sun was trying to break through. The border frontier runs down the middle of a frozen lake then crosses the road. There are 200 Norwegian soldiers on the border and 2,00...

We were collected from the Rica Arctic Hotel 5.45pm for the snowmobiling. After being kitted out in ski overalls, mittens, boots and a motor bike helmet; a quick demonstration on how to start and stop, we were off. It was a cloudless night and about zero degrees - quite mild. It is strange how you acclimatize. I was last and Aaron was in front of me with the leader and 2 other tourists in front again, supposed to be about 25 metres apart. Well it wasn't long ...