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| No | Day | Date | Description/Activity | Notes | At Night |
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| 1 | Monday | 8 May | Fly BOS-KEF Icelandair 630. Dep: 9:30pm. Seat: ? Total: $499.95. Reservation No/Book ref: YPJHP9. Frequent Flyer: 1605411041. |
Leave for Nashua by 1:30, take 3pm Boston Express bus to airport, arrives Logan at 4:20 pm. Next bus leaves at 5pm, arrives at 6:35. Have dinner. Phone: 1-800-639-8080. | On plane |
| 2 | Tuesday | 9 May | Arrive Reykjavik: 6:30am. Fly KEF-OSL Icelandair 318. Dep: 7:50am. Arr: 12:20pm. Seat: ? | Click here for map of Oslo sights/sites. Preparatory work for SouthPole-sium v.3 | Oslo 1/8 Park Inn |
| 3 | Wednesday | 10 May | Oslo Shane starts off. Air France 2237: Phoenix-LAX. Dep 4:25pm. Arr 5:50pm. Air France 77: LAX-Paris. Dep 7:15pm. Arr next day. |
Preparatory work for SouthPole-sium v.3 Possibly dinner with Torill at Olympen. | Oslo 2/8 Park Inn |
| 4 | Thursday | 11 May | Oslo Shane arr Paris 3:45pm. Air France 1274: Paris-Oslo. Dep 7:15pm. Arr 9:35pm. Larsens arr Oslo at 13:30. |
Preparatory work for SouthPole-sium v.3 Dinner with Torill and Larsens at Olympen. |
Oslo 3/8 Park Inn |
| 5 | Friday | 12 May | SouthPole-sium v.3 (1/3) | Optional Excursion to National Library, Ski Museum and Amundsen's house morning through afternoon. Registration (late afternoon onward). Opening reception at Fram Museum (early evening). Followed by movie. |
Oslo 4/8 Park Inn |
| 6 | Saturday | 13 May | SouthPole-sium v.3 (2/3) | Sessions, breaks and lunch at Maritime Museum. Reception in the Gjøa Building followed by dinner on board the Fram. |
Oslo 5/8 Park Inn |
| 7 | Sunday | 14 May | SouthPole-sium v.3 (3/3) | Morning sessions at Maritime Museum. In the afternoon either continue sessions or finish or have some sort of event, optional or otherwise. Possibly one or more movies shown at the Maritime Museum. On ones's own: Possibly a boat cruise; visit to the Folk Museum/Viking Ship Museum. |
Oslo 6/8 Park Inn |
| 8 | Monday | 15 May | Optional Sandefjord-Larvik tour. | Departing 8:30am from central Oslo. Returning by 6pm. | Oslo 7/8 Park Inn |
| 9 | Tuesday | 16 May | Birthday | Oslo 8/8 Park Inn |
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| 10 | Wednesday | 17 May | National Day ("The highlight of the day is the big children's parade, and Norwegian flags and national costumes dominate the streets. The parade in Oslo includes some 60,000 children as well as marching bands.") To Finse by rail. Dep 12:03. Arr 16:23. Norway in a Nutshell. Ref No: 220073436 Leave some luggage in Oslo to be picked up on return. |
Staying at the Finse1222 hotel, where Shackleton stayed while testing sledges. Scott did not. Booking.com. Booking No: 1295.093.759. Pin Code: 6254. 1 room, 1 night, 2 beds, all meals. NOK 2,760. Ca. $326. Free cancellation. |
Finse. Finse1222 Hotel 1/1 |
| 11 | Thursday | 18 May | To Bergen by rail. Norway in a Nutshell. Ref No: 220073436 Finse - Myrdal. Dep 12:34. Arr 12:58. Myrdal - Flam. Dep 13:27. Arr 14:25. Flam - Gudvingen by boat. Dep 15:15. Arr 17:30. Gudvingen - Voss by bus. Dep 17:45. Arr 19:00 Voss - Bergen by train. Dep 19:38 - Arr 21:01. NOK 3,780 for two Oslo-Bergen. |
Larsens dep Oslo to London at 13:15. Click here for map of Bergen sights/sites. Augustin Hotel booked thru booking.com. Booking No: 1629282606. PIN Code: 5785. NOK 1,390. Ca. $160. Free cancellation. |
Bergen. Augustin Hotel 1/1 |
| 12 | Friday | 19 May | Sightseeing in Bergen. Depart Bergen north by ship to Tromsø. Depart 10:30pm. Buffet prior to departure (paid for). |
Hurtigruten. Ship MS Nordlys. Invoice No: 020415234. Client No: 9623692. Booking Ref: 929530. Date booked: 11 October 2016 via stela.karabina@hurtigruten.com Cost per person: £609, USPO (Polar Outside: Unspecified outside cabin). Includes breakfast and dinner. No lunch. Email: uk.sales@hurtigruten.com. Tel: +44 (0)20 8846 2666 Address: Bedford House, 69-79 Fulham High Street, London SW6 3JW |
Ship 1/4 |
| 13 | Saturday | 20 May | Ship | Ports during day: | Ship 2/4 |
| 14 | Sunday | 21 May | Ship |
Ports during day: Larsens fly LHR-BOS arriving 13:30 |
Ship 3/4 |
| 15 | Monday | 22 May | Ship | Ports during day: | Ship 4/4 |
| 16 | Tuesday | 23 May | Arrive Tromsø at 2:30pm. | Click here for map of Tromsø sights/sites. Smarthotel Troms¿ booked thru booking.com. Booking No: 1571.693.809. PIN Code: 8437. NOK 1,316. Ca. $152.41. Two single rooms plus Breakfast. Free cancellation. |
Tromsø . Smarthotel 1/1 |
| 17 | Wednesday | 24 May | Sightseeing in Tromsø. Fly Tromsø to Oslo. Dep: 5pm; Arr: 6:55pm Norwegian Air (Freq Flyer: 59266309) Flight DY383. Booking Ref: YZ6DM5. Seats: 5E, 5F. Cost for 2 including one checked bag: $247.80. CapOne Visa. |
Polar Museum. Amundsen statue. Polarinstitutt. Unive of Tromsø. Clarion Hotel & Congress Oslo Airport thru booking.com. Booking No: 2018.899.440. Pin 0446. NOK 855. Ca. $99. Breakfast included. Free cancellation. Pick up luggage left in Oslo or do so next day. |
Clarion Hotel & Congress Oslo Airport 1/1. |
| 18 | Thursday | 25 May |
Fly OLS-KEF. Icelandair 319. Dep: 2:45pm. Arr: 3:25pm. Seat: ? Fly KEF-BOS. Icelandair 631. Dep: 5pm. Arr: 6:35. Boston Express bus to Nashua (Dep: 7:25, 9:25, 10:25). Shane flies Oslo-Amsterdam KLM 1140: Dep 6:30am. Arr 8:20am. Amsterdam-LAX KLM 601: Dep 9:50am. Arr 11:45am. |
Jaffrey |