Day 22 - Monday 26 June

Overnight we sailed to Tromso. My first excursion was kayaking. We were in a bus for half an hour including travelling in a tunnel that intersects underground with other tunnels at roundabouts.

The leader of the kayaking crew was a NZ woman who alternates between the summers in Norway and NZ. The gear was tired so much so that my spray deck leaked causing me to have wet trousers. Fortunately it was not too cold except for my hands when I took off the gloves.

The most interesting part of the trip was being paired with Dale Templar who is the producer of the BBC/Discovery series "Human Planet". She is on the ship as a guest speaker talking about some of the behind the scenes events that occurred during the filming of the series (which won several awards for the artic episode). She has kayaked before including in Greenland so we managed our leaky boat without mishap.

We paddled over what is left of a German battleship that was scuttled by the RAF during WW2, then across to an island that is a bird sanctuary. It was novel paddling with snow capped mountains all around. When afloat I wasn't game to take out my camera for fear of dropping it in the water. Therefore this picture was taken while we were still on the land sorting out out boats.

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