Today was a sailing day with huge waves and rotten weather. Half of the passengers were miserably waiting it out in their cabins. It was either the seasickness patch I bought the night before, or my natural abilities as a sailor, but I felt no queasiness at all.

It was probably the patch. Either way, no complaints from me!

Someone from the Vietnam WhatsApp group asked if Wanda was still with me, so I sent this photo. Proof of life.

And we think Australia has a lot of people living at the edges! Looks like Greenlanders have no option.

This is the largest island in the world, with the inner ice ending way below sea level. There’s so much of it that if it all melts, every sea will rise by 6 metres.

I’m now part of the Crossing the Arctic Circle club.

Natalie, my cabin mate, gave me a birthday present. How nice is that?

We’ll be about 1,000 kms from the North Pole. The ship will be directly level with the red line, but further east in the fjord.

This video was taken after dinner, when the ship changed direction and cut across the storm, causing many people to hastily leave dinner.

Ghostly …

Meanwhile, this was happening.

Morgan was so nice and bought a bottle of champagne to celebrate the glory that is my birthday.

All in all, it was a lovely day. I had a 2 hour nap, read half a book, celebrated with new friends and saw tumultuous waves.

If the weather’s good, tomorrow we go ashore for some hiking.

Dad joke of the day: