ARTIC CIRCLE 66o 33.4 N

[ONT-CA]

Captain Roger Bilton of the Grand Princess advised us that, tomorrow night on route to Akureyri, Iceland, our navigational position we be at 66 o 36.4 N thereby crossing the Artic Circle. Adding that to our previous adventures of crossing the Equator and the International Date Line, leaves us but the Artic Circle to experience.

[Sumar76]

Good for you! How exciting!

When we were sailing up the coast of Norway, there was an Artic circle party the night before we were to sail over it, as we were scheduled to cross it around 5am the next morning.

I was determined to see the "sign" they had talked about..which in this instance was a large globe sitting on a rock in the water.

I had been sleeping and not sure what suddenly woke me up, but when I Jumped up and looked out the window I was lucky enough to see it.

We were just coming up to it, so I grabbed my camera and took a picture.

Not sure if you will have anything like that when you cross it, but its still a thrill to know you are that far north in the world!

Enjoy the rest of your cruise.

I will keep checking the Grands web cam to see where you are!

Sue

[paul929207]

We crossed the Arctic Circle last summer on the Ocean Princess as we sailed from Akurerei. We all got a certificate.

[Minoushka]

SO DID WE on Ocean on the July 13 cruise ...We were with friends at SABATINIS ...we did look for the yellow dotted line indicating the Arctic Circle ....no luck WE croosed around midnight in the MIDNIGHT SUN

[caribill]

If conditions are right, you may be able to see the Northern lights.

[TravelnAl]

2005 Land Tour to Prudhoe Bay with Princess. Great tour and you get to see the rest of Alaska including ANWAR.

[srpilo]

We were on the Star Princess in Antarctica in january this year, and crossed the Arctic circle on the Crown Princess in august this year .. Both end of the world in same year.

 

Lucky Us !! :)

 

Srpilo

[Woobstr112G]

Congrats to all. My Sil/Bil are on the Grand. That is such a cool experience.....:):):)

 

Bob

[DeepWaterMariner]

We crossed the Arctic Circle on the way to the North Cape on NCL about a dozen years ago, got the certificate, and promptly lost it. Dang! Take good care of yours.