Heading for RSSC Explorer in Japan? This bears watching:

[Cyberchomp]

We're preparing for our April 25 Japan voyage on Explorer. A friend who is headed there now posted the following on her FB page:

 

https://weatherboy.com/violent-volcanic-erupts-into-the-stratosphere-international-flights-impacted/?fbclid=IwAR1wzEAE1hjBNnrHmRj2LuK4LKZxXjlIiBUUwbth4m6hs0MjPdDU0Ia5r50

 

This has added several hours to her now-diverted EWR-HND flight.  

 

According to the Weatherboy article, this is the second known eruption in eastern Russia in the last few days.  Unknown if this eruption will rival the Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull eruption that halted trans-Atlantic air traffic for weeks back in 2010.  But any U.S. West Coasters flying the northern route over the Bering Sea to Japan in the near-future (like us) should take notice.

 

[1rochelle]

Thanks for the information.  We, too are on the April 25 voyage, arriving early April 20 for the pre-cruise tour, so we will definitely keep an eye on this.  Thanks again