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QE2 Cruise 2005
Glaciers & Geysers E518 Page 3: Norway-2
This page shows images from a
Queen Elizabeth 2
cruise to Iceland and Norway in July/August 2005.
Itinerary:-
Sat 30 July 2005
: Southampton, Depart 5:00 pm
Sun 31 July 2005
: Cruising North Sea
Mon 1 August 2005
: Invergordon, Scotland, 7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tue 2 August 2005
: Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
Wed 3 August 2005
: Reykjavik, Iceland, 7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thu 4 August 2005
: Akureyri, Iceland, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri 5 August 2005
: Cruising the Norwegian Sea
Sat 6 August 2005
: Flåm, Norway, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sun 7 August 2005
: Cruising the Storfjord
Mon 8 August 2005
: Hellesylt/Geiranger, Norway, 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Tue 9 August 2005
: Ålesund, Norway, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wed 10 August 2005
: Trondheim, Norway, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu 11 August 2005
: Bergen, Norway, 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Fri 12 August 2005
: Cruising the North Sea
Sat 13 August 2005
: Southampton, Arrive 7:00 am
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Glaciers & Geysers Cruise E518
Page 3: Norway-2
Monday 8th August 2005: Hellesylt/Geiranger
After a further rough night,
QE2
retraced her previous day's path past Ålesund and the up the Storfjorden, then up the Sunnylvstfjorden to Hellesylt, arriving at 8:00am. Tour passengers were taken off at Hellesylt by the MRF ferry
Lauperen
.
QE2
departed again at 10:00am and proceeded up the Geirangerfjord to Geiranger, arriving at 12:00hrs. We left an hour late at 19:00hrs, to retrace her path out to sea.
Veøy
(MRF - Fjord1) in the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
Additional images of
Veøy
In the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
In the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
In the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
In the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
QE2
in the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
Additional images of
QE2
in the Geirangerfjord
Hurtigrute
Narvik
arriving at Geiranger.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
Additional images of
Narvik
Local fauna in Geiranger.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
QE2
in the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
Additional images of
QE2
in the Geirangerfjord
Bolsøy
(MRF - Fjord1) and
QE2
in the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
Additional images of
QE2
in the Geirangerfjord
Additional images of
Bolsøy
QE2
in the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
Additional images of
QE2
in the Geirangerfjord
Voksa
(MRF - Fjord1) in the Geirangerfjord.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 8th August 2005
Additional images of
Voksa
Tuesday 9th August 2005: Ålesund, Norway
After a further night "cruising to nowhere" off the Norwegian coast,
QE2
berthed at Ålesund at 8:00am.
QE2
left Ålesund at 18:00hrs and proceeded north to Trondheim. Ålesund was destroyed by fire in 1904, and was rebuilt in Art Nouveau style within a few years. Many attractive buildings from this period remain in the old town.
QE2
at Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
View of Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
View of Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
Dotto Train at Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) house at Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) house at Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
Fish processing buildings at Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
Buildings at Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
Preserved ferry
Bilfergen
at Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
Fast ferry
Fjørtoft
at Ålesund.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th August 2005
Wednesday 10th August 2005: Trondheim, Norway
QE2
berthed at Trondheim at 9:00am.
QE2
was due to leave Trondheim at 17:00hrs, but despite the assistance of three tugs, she could not be pulled away from the berth due to high winds. A fourth tug was summoned, which did not arrive until after 23:00hrs, and
QE2
eventually departed after midnight. Having passed through Trondheim Fjord to the open sea, she proceeded at over 28 knots south to Bergen.
QE2
at Trondheim.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th August 2005
QE2
at Trondheim.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th August 2005
QE2
at Trondheim.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th August 2005
Fast ferry terminal at Trondheim, with
Fossingen
.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th August 2005
Fast ferry
Fossingen
at Trondheim.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th August 2005
Fast ferry
Agdenes
at Trondheim.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th August 2005
Fast ferry
Lardejarl
at Trondheim.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 10th August 2005