Stockfish

After a night at the climbing hostel in Henningsvaer, we packed up and started the very scenic ride to Rolvsfjord. It is very obvious why there is lots of rock climbing here, there are massive vertical rock faces everywhere, and apparently great pow in the dark winter. In Henningsvaer we got our first close look at Stockfish. Stockfish is a technique that is over 1000 years old where fresh Cod is hung in the open air, without any preparation, from March to June. The first month nets cover the fish, but after that, the fish just hangs in the open air to dry out. We bought a small piece, but have yet to sum up the courage to eat it, it smells very fishy. We'll let you know how it tastes.

The road trip to Rolsfjord was about 50 km of incredible scenery. The winding road was along a large fjord that we cycled the full distance of , and crossed two very tall and cool road bridges. The weather was slighty better, but still cloudy and windy. The quality of light seems the same at 1:00 am or at 10:00am. The sun does set at this latitude (about 69 degrees) at this time of year, but it does not get dark at all. You could easily read a book outdoors anytime. I think the sunset is only below the horizon for 2 or 3 hours right now.

The next day we are off to Leknes and a Viking musuem.