I forget how lucky we are here in Saskatchewan to constantly see something so beautiful like the northern lights on a regular basis. A few nights ago they danced with multiple colors. So beautiful
I was so lucky to see the Northern Lights 2 nights ago, at 35,000 ft on an Air Canada flight from Calgary to London. It turned out to be a 4 hour extravaganza from Hudson Bay all the way to just past Greenland. The Northern Lights have been on my bucket list for years. And all included in the air fare too!
Same. We were going from CLT to LHR. We got bumped up, so we were having a wonderful dinner in first class while watching the undulating lights near Greenland
Living in Alaska, I'm lucky enough to have seen the lights multiple times now. Every time I get to see them, I turn into a kid and just stare at em. They are awe-inspiring and so far it doesn't get old seeing them.
@@Justanotherperson274 I'm just guessing but it wouldn't be difficult with a day job + loyalty programs + youtube monetization + not having children. Inheritance or marriage are also obvious possibilities.
"This is what dogs smell like if you don't wash them. And they live outside. They smell. 🙁" This is the travel commentary we're here for. Thank you for taking us with you on this great trip.
I've been a long-time subscriber to Emma's channel and am always impressed with her trip reviews. I'm envious of her adventures and wish I could be there with her.
Moved to tears. Not joking. So happy for you! Keep up the great work, Emma. You are a wonderful storyteller! Can’t wait to see where your travels take you next.
Despite the long drive north, extreme seasickness, freezing artic temperatures and care home like surroundings you managed to smile from start to finish. Well done. You did it!
Agree with your observations on Huskies. We went dog sledding in Whistler. The operator only ever made dogs that want to run pull us. Some dogs who weren't even attached to the sled decided to run alongside us anyway! One even decided to sit in with me 🤣
As someone who lives in a place where you see northern lights semi regularly, it’s interesting to me that there’s whole trips for people to see something so normal to me. When they pop up here we may stick our head out the door and have a quick look but then we just shrug and go back inside 😂 I’m sure people who live in beach towns, etc., feel similarly.
I can’t even imagine getting used to natural beauty like that! However I live in New York and have no idea why anyone would come here except maybe our food so I guess there is that.
I had high hopes to see the northern lights on an Alaska trip a few years ago, but no such luck! What we did manage to do was toss some warm water in the air and watch it turn to snow before it hit the ground! I think it bottomed out at -40 at night 🥶
We occasionally see northern lights here in Vermont (USA) and I’ve seen them mostly as blues, purple and pink. They’re fascinating and awesome to witness!
I have great trouble when it comes to seeing the color Green. The US Coast Guard Academy bumped me out when I failed their colorblind testing. I have failed to see the green sky prior to a tornado. I have seen what others have called the Northern Lights but I do see the yellow quite clearly. If your unfamiliar with common color blindness, some see colors but not what you see, it’s like a tone deaf singer. Oh how they love to sing! 😏
For any foreigners, you don't have to sail that north to see a night where sun doesn't come down. You can experience the same in Baltic Sea cruises and ferries. You can also experience Northern lights in Baltic Sea Cruises and ferries if you get lucky. If you book the Tallink- or Silja Lines Emma has visited during midsummer season, you can experience the summer night just the same.
I'm glad you got to see the Northern Lights on your trip they are something everyone should see. I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska for three years and saw them quite often. I have seen them as far south as Carlisle, Pennsylvania and Bamburg, Germany. The farther south you go the redder the lights are.
Great video, my wife and I were on this cruise and the whole experience was brilliant. We loved Bolette and seeing the Aurora was a tick in the bucket list. Would definitely book with Fred Olson again, the whole experience felt a little special and less like a resort on water. Keep the vids coming I shall be checking out potential future cruises on how you perceive them.
I lived up in the suburbs Arctic, and the best time to see the “Lights” was in September and October. It’s not too cold then. It was always too cold the rest of the year. We also had more blizzards and stormy weather than I can count. Very stormy place.
Seems like a really cool cruise. I also forget that not everyone is as used to cold weather as others. for example here in Utah 14f in the winter is considered a warmer day. and it isn't uncommon to hit the negative F temps here. I personally would love to take a cruise like this as well as a cruise through Norway.
Went on the Fred Olsen's Bolette late last year for a week round northern western europe, absolutely loved the experience! Found the staff to be very friendly, never had to fight for sun-beds or chairs, live music throughout the whole day. Crossing the north sea was quite rough though. Me and my partner as both in mid 20's and didn't feel excluded, my other half said he preferred Fred Olsen to NCL! Would happily cruise with them again.
How cool! I was going to say that night mode on our iPhones should get some great photos, I was glad to see you used it. I love taking pictures of the stars and night sky. If you edit the photo and choose auto adjust and slide the slider up and down it will adjust the colors in the photos and really bring out the stars and should for the the northern lights also!
I appreciate the effort you put into sharing bits of history or when you take the time to explain facts not directly related to the trip itself, like what are the northern lights etc. And you look great in fancy dresses.
Loved you vlog on the Northern Lights.....thank you. My husband and I have done this cruise with Fred, and like you, were very lucky to see the lights, in fact it has got to be one our favourite cruises we have ever done x
I'm surprised you don't see them more often in the UK. It's not that uncommon to see them in southern Ontario (but much less common than in northern Ontario and the western provinces), and southern England is much further north than Toronto or Ottawa (and actually close to the same latitude as Winnipeg).
I know Fred Olsen as a ferry service between the Canary Islands. The northern lights I once saw from a plane between Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska in february. Thank you for your impressive report.
You have outdone yourself this time. I was rooting for you till the end and so happy the Northern Lights would not disappoint you. I am so glad you had a good time and the photos you took came out well in the end. You deserved the success even though we were all hoping for it to be grander. Too bad you didn’t have a chance to kiss a dead fish, he would have enjoyed it for sure. Thanks for taking us along.
Hey Emma, absolutely love your videos, you have a unique, amusing and highly informative style and you make every second count, plus your video content is really sharp and very well edited. Thanks so much, please keep on producing great content and enjoying great adventures.
Lovely video as a Norwegian sailor its quite entertaining to hear someone from Britain experience and explain the Norwegian sea and coldness for the first time. But also fantastic research and facts all spot on :D
Excellent Emma! Well Done My Friend! So Happy You Were Able To See The Northern Lights! That Picture Of You On The Balcony Pointing To Them Is A Keeper! Those Ports Of Calls Were All So Beautiful, With The Snow! You Look So Cute All Bundled Up In Your Norway Outfits! Beautiful Ship, Delicious Food! A Cruise Like This Is On My Bucket List! Thanks! Glad You're Feeling Better!💖
I remember feeling lucky when seeing the lights in iceland. I think once you see them you want to go capture them again and spot the other colours. Well worth the rocky travel on the way.
Good presentation Emma. Fred Olsen seems like a cool cruise line. I don't own a cell phone so I'd just have to remember what I would see. This is now on my bucket list. Regards. The old guy.
You are wonderful! You cover things so well..and communicate in a friendly informative way! Your videos are exceptional...and I have learned so much. My wife and I are considering booking one for ourselves...meanwhile I will travel vicariously thru your adventures...THANK YOU
I grew up in Alberta Canada and was lucky to see the lights frequently. I've since moved across the country and see the lights far less often. I visited Iqaluit and missed seeing them due to asthma issues (it was -40 outside)
On both my Alaskan cruises in late September, I saw the Norther lights several times. It ranged from faint green lights to awe inspiring. Hope to see them again.
A really enjoyable review, and based on this we might consider a similar cruise one winter. So sorry you had such a bad sea journey! We recently (April ‘23) had a very smooth crossing from Newcastle to the Norwegian Fjords on the same ship. So glad you saw the lights!
Brilliant video Emma just subscribed I hit the thanks button hope it helps. Done alaska and we are going to America in September from Southampton. Keep them coming. Take care and stay safe. Tom.
I literally just booked this cruise itinerary tonight with Fred Olsen but ours is on Balmoral. We depart on 19th November and people will be well sick of hearing me talk about going to Norway by then. I'm originally from Canada so hoping I can recall how to deal with that kind of cold after so many years living in the much more temperate and rainy UK. I'm glad you had a good time, it's only our second cruise, first was on MSC Euribia almost exactly a year ago from this departure and the two ships couldn't be much more different!
I went on this Ferry and it was wonderful. We got an alert and a call when the northern lights popped out. I got great pictures. Did the dog sled trip also. Im glad you had a good time. I would go again.
I'm so happy you got to see them, especially given all the rough seas. I was supposed to go to Finland to try to see the Northern Lights this month but had to cancel so I really enjoyed this video!
Yes it counts. I'm lucky to live in northern Canada where I get the chance to see the aurora all year round but it's still rare and so lovely when the chance arises.
The Northern lights are amazing, we get to see them quite a lot, we live Rural Alberta, the good thing for us is, that we just go on our back deck, in the pitch black, & get to see the most amazing show, & incredible colours
Love Tromso and Hurtigruten, that you mentioned, I think are the best way to see Norway and the Northern Lights as they stop as so many places (though they have a competitor, Haseen now which is welcome as Hurtigruten were offering less and less at the price of big cruise lines ). That looked like a great cruise though - we're doing our first Fred Olsen next year on your recommendation. Can't wait. :)
photo at 7:48 - awesome! Bright star to the left is Aldebaran. The little cluster slightly further right in the Pleiades. And - yes, definitely that greenish haze is the Northern Lights.
Emma, if you enjoyed seeing the northern lights, you must absolutely plan to observe a total solar eclipse. It's a whole other level of amazing and awe-inspiring. This is surely a "bucket list" thing to do in your lifetime. I saw my first total eclipse from a cruise ship in the Caribbean some years back, as the ship could cruise out to the center-line of the path of the eclipse. It was a trip organized by "Astronomy" magazine, so there were a few hundred of us in and amongst all of the "muggles" who had no idea what was to happen, and were just taking a cruise. We had pulled into port the morning of the eclipse, and the captain made an announcement that the ship would be leaving for a bit for the eclipse observation and then return to port. Now many of us emerged with our cameras, tripods and other equipment and set up on deck for the observation. This was much to the strange looks from many other passengers that had just stayed on board. But they were all caught up in it as the sun slowly began to disappear. And then during the short period of "totality" when the sun is completely covered by the moon.. that's the experience! Just 3 or 4 minutes long, but after experiencing it you know why people travel halfway across the world to see one. Being on the ship was a double-edge sword. As it could move around, we could try to dodge the cloud cover. On the other hand, it did move around a bit. But it was a great experiences, despite the sunburn from hanging out on the deck for the hours leading up and after the total eclipse. I'm very excited for the third total eclipse observation of my life, coming up in a few weeks here in the US! These things happen some years apart, some not total eclipses. Keep an eye out, and maybe some cruise line will organize something if these happen to cross an ocean.
You can see the northern lights from England. It might only appear a few times a year though. I live in Minnesota and one year, I saw them all over the sky from Minneapolis. They went all the way down to the southern horizon! BTW, -10 degrees C is NOT cold. That's tee-shirt weather in Minnesota. :)
So glad you took this amazing trip. I actually am a sled dog musher and race in the Midwest in USA with my kennel; I have a few friends in Norway and I think I might recognize the kennel you went to. 🤣 It is so awesome to see you have such a good time there and enjoy just how HAPPY the dogs are and how much they love to run. We actually just got a northern lights show the other night here in north Wisconsin - I’ve never seen the lights before but people were saying it was the best show in nearly a decade. It was amazing to see and I am glad you were lucky enough to see it on this cruise too!
Emma- how thrilling and exciting! The lights are stunning and you did get to see them in person! How lovely and indeed, awesome. Thank you so much for sharing this trip with us! 💚💚💚💚
Wow. Emma...I envy you. What an amazing experience. I am so glad you were able to experience the Northern Lights. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos. I love cruising and your videos let me experience places I know i will never get to see.
Glad you got to see the northern lights. You might be able to see them from Scotland at times. We did see some on a visit to Scotland many years ago. I grew up in Wisconsin. We would see northern lights on occasion. They are very pretty. One night I was driving home from Milwaukee heading north. The drive was about an hour long and away from city lights as it is a rural areal. I got to see the most impressive northern lights raging from the greens to orange. It was amazing. I am going to Norway next year, I hope it's not that cold, but being from WI it wasn't actually that cold. Right now living on the TX/Mexico border and it's 90 F today, I probably would not survive too well in the cold weather either.
Thanks for talking about the experience, northern lights are a bucket list item for sure, had no idea they behaved that way! So glad you got to see them!
I forget how lucky we are here in Saskatchewan to constantly see something so beautiful like the northern lights on a regular basis. A few nights ago they danced with multiple colors. So beautiful
I didn’t see them in Greenland or Iceland. (Too cloudy)
But I’ve seen them on my last 4 trips to Saskatoon area. (July-October)
Oh my, wow! ❤️
As someone who grew up in a secluded rural community - I had no idea how lucky I was until I moved away and had to live in grimy anonymous cities.
Hi Neighbour. The northern lights have been pretty spectacular out here on the prairies this year, haven't they.
@@pileofstuff Extra visible in Ontario and Michigan this year too.
I was so lucky to see the Northern Lights 2 nights ago, at 35,000 ft on an Air Canada flight from Calgary to London. It turned out to be a 4 hour extravaganza from Hudson Bay all the way to just past Greenland. The Northern Lights have been on my bucket list for years. And all included in the air fare too!
Did you choose a port side window seat?
Same. We were going from CLT to LHR. We got bumped up, so we were having a wonderful dinner in first class while watching the undulating lights near Greenland
My cousin is a purser with Air Canada. Has been for many years. She's seen the Borealis many times. It never fails to awe her
@@gillsinclair6927 gosh, your cousin is incredibly lucky! What an amazing job to have!
Living in Alaska, I'm lucky enough to have seen the lights multiple times now. Every time I get to see them, I turn into a kid and just stare at em. They are awe-inspiring and so far it doesn't get old seeing them.
Yesss! Love this 😀❤️
Awesome
I was thinking the same thing. I lived in Alaska in the '70s and we would just walk outside and the sky was on fire.
I lived in Iceland for a couple of years and never saw them :( Of course I also wasnt willing to get up at 1 AM to look either.
Emma, your editing and presentation keeps getting better and better. Thanks from a long-time viewer.
Thanks so much, I try to get a little better each time, or so I hope 😀🙏
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the northern lights must be next level 🤯
UA-cam commenting on my video is next level 🤯
@@NotJarredPlayz4220Bit nosey love.
@@Justanotherperson274 I'm just guessing but it wouldn't be difficult with a day job + loyalty programs + youtube monetization + not having children. Inheritance or marriage are also obvious possibilities.
"This is what dogs smell like if you don't wash them. And they live outside. They smell. 🙁"
This is the travel commentary we're here for. Thank you for taking us with you on this great trip.
Haha, gotta be honest about that smell! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s what happens to you when you eat raw fish and don’t wear a lobster bib. Dogs do that all the time.
I've been a long-time subscriber to Emma's channel and am always impressed with her trip reviews. I'm envious of her adventures and wish I could be there with her.
Thank you! 😁❤️
One of my best discovered YT channels of 2023. I love your energy have a wonderful 2024 (cruising of course).
Thanks so much you are very kind! 💕
Moved to tears. Not joking. So happy for you! Keep up the great work, Emma. You are a wonderful storyteller! Can’t wait to see where your travels take you next.
I love that. Thank you 🥹❤️
Despite the long drive north, extreme seasickness, freezing artic temperatures and care home like surroundings you managed to smile from start to finish. Well done. You did it!
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"care home like surroundings"? Bolette is a beautiful ship!
Beautiful photos of an amazing experience seeing the northern lights! I absolutely love what you said about seeking out the feeling of awe.
Agree with your observations on Huskies. We went dog sledding in Whistler. The operator only ever made dogs that want to run pull us. Some dogs who weren't even attached to the sled decided to run alongside us anyway! One even decided to sit in with me 🤣
I live in the Canadian sub-arctic and I can see the aurora from my backyard. It is an amazing experience even if it is common for me.
Nothing beats your content, Emma! You’re so informative👌 Sorry to hear you had rough seas, I hope seeing the Northern Lights was worth it!
Hey Amy!! Thanks so much that’s very kind of you to say. 🥹❤️
As someone who lives in a place where you see northern lights semi regularly, it’s interesting to me that there’s whole trips for people to see something so normal to me. When they pop up here we may stick our head out the door and have a quick look but then we just shrug and go back inside 😂 I’m sure people who live in beach towns, etc., feel similarly.
I can’t even imagine getting used to natural beauty like that! However I live in New York and have no idea why anyone would come here except maybe our food so I guess there is that.
I was blessed to see the Northern Lights in a winter Alaska trip. So beautiful.
Forgot to say it was -20 degrees Fahrenheit so I paid my cold dues to see them.
Brrr!!!!£ Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
I had high hopes to see the northern lights on an Alaska trip a few years ago, but no such luck! What we did manage to do was toss some warm water in the air and watch it turn to snow before it hit the ground! I think it bottomed out at -40 at night 🥶
Emma this video is so funny haha! I love all the jokes and silly graphics. Plus all the charm and articulated knowledge we always get from your videos
Thanks so much. Takes me ages but makes me laugh I think it’s worth it’s😂😂😂
Thank you, Emma, for sharing these wondrous lights with us.
We occasionally see northern lights here in Vermont (USA) and I’ve seen them mostly as blues, purple and pink. They’re fascinating and awesome to witness!
I have great trouble when it comes to seeing the color Green. The US Coast Guard Academy bumped me out when I failed their colorblind testing. I have failed to see the green sky prior to a tornado. I have seen what others have called the Northern Lights but I do see the yellow quite clearly. If your unfamiliar with common color blindness, some see colors but not what you see, it’s like a tone deaf singer. Oh how they love to sing! 😏
The signage for the bathrooms at 4:08 is fantastic. Sorry to hear you had a rough trip but the Northern Lights are definitely on my bucket list.
Haha 🤣❤️ Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Haha it took me a while to go to 4:08 and stop long enough to see them. They are so cute!😅
I see that signage on toilets alot in the Netherlands where I live. Maybe it’s a thing in countries whose names start with an N. 😆
That was absolutely amazing to see the northern lights, thanks for sharing your photos and experience.
Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
For any foreigners, you don't have to sail that north to see a night where sun doesn't come down. You can experience the same in Baltic Sea cruises and ferries. You can also experience Northern lights in Baltic Sea Cruises and ferries if you get lucky. If you book the Tallink- or Silja Lines Emma has visited during midsummer season, you can experience the summer night just the same.
I'm glad you got to see the Northern Lights on your trip they are something everyone should see. I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska for three years and saw them quite often. I have seen them as far south as Carlisle, Pennsylvania and Bamburg, Germany. The farther south you go the redder the lights are.
Sounds awesome. Thank you! 😁❤️
Great video, my wife and I were on this cruise and the whole experience was brilliant. We loved Bolette and seeing the Aurora was a tick in the bucket list. Would definitely book with Fred Olson again, the whole experience felt a little special and less like a resort on water.
Keep the vids coming I shall be checking out potential future cruises on how you perceive them.
I lived up in the suburbs Arctic, and the best time to see the “Lights” was in September and October. It’s not too cold then. It was always too cold the rest of the year. We also had more blizzards and stormy weather than I can count. Very stormy place.
Wow!! I’ve never had any desire to go on a cruise until watching your Arctic Circle trips.
I'm so happy you found the lights, Emma! It sounds like it was an incredible experience (minus the sea sickness).
The best thank you, minus the seasickness and Covid!! 🤣❤️
Get transderm scop seasick patches. They are amazing
Seems like a really cool cruise. I also forget that not everyone is as used to cold weather as others. for example here in Utah 14f in the winter is considered a warmer day. and it isn't uncommon to hit the negative F temps here. I personally would love to take a cruise like this as well as a cruise through Norway.
To be fair, on the ocean that would be a damp cold. Brr!
Went on the Fred Olsen's Bolette late last year for a week round northern western europe, absolutely loved the experience! Found the staff to be very friendly, never had to fight for sun-beds or chairs, live music throughout the whole day. Crossing the north sea was quite rough though. Me and my partner as both in mid 20's and didn't feel excluded, my other half said he preferred Fred Olsen to NCL! Would happily cruise with them again.
Love that!! Yes! I’d do it again for sure. ❤️
What a wonderful trip it must have been! Thank you for sharing.
How cool! I was going to say that night mode on our iPhones should get some great photos, I was glad to see you used it. I love taking pictures of the stars and night sky. If you edit the photo and choose auto adjust and slide the slider up and down it will adjust the colors in the photos and really bring out the stars and should for the the northern lights also!
That is just indescribably beautiful! I cannot even imagine.
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I appreciate the effort you put into sharing bits of history or when you take the time to explain facts not directly related to the trip itself, like what are the northern lights etc. And you look great in fancy dresses.
Thank you! I love learning about it. Thank you! 😁❤️
Northern Lights is on my list, that’s a beautiful ship, appreciate your honesty with your experience
Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Loved you vlog on the Northern Lights.....thank you. My husband and I have done this cruise with Fred, and like you, were very lucky to see the lights, in fact it has got to be one our favourite cruises we have ever done x
So glad you got too to! ❤️
Thanks!
Thank you! 😁❤️
I'm surprised you don't see them more often in the UK. It's not that uncommon to see them in southern Ontario (but much less common than in northern Ontario and the western provinces), and southern England is much further north than Toronto or Ottawa (and actually close to the same latitude as Winnipeg).
Very occasionally like every few years you can see them in Northern Ireland. Scotland I think is the same though maybe more often in the very North.
For yet another really interesting and informative report.
Thanks so much Simon! Much appreciated. :)
I have been stalking UA-cam for the last several days waiting for this video lol
Haha!! Thanks so much. 😂❤️
I know Fred Olsen as a ferry service between the Canary Islands. The northern lights I once saw from a plane between Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska in february. Thank you for your impressive report.
Great video , well presented and wow what a photo at the end . Good for you x
Amazing, i actually teared up watching this, add this one to my to-cruise list 🥰
thank you so so much!!
I’m a newbie to the channel and working my way through the numerous videos. I absolutely love the style of presentation. Quality and hilarious. Thanks
Thanks so much 🥹❤️
So glad you were able to experience the Aurora Borealis! You really earned it, with the prior rough seas! 👍🏼
Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
I’m so happy for you Emma that you got to see them… it’s something I’ll always remember.. phenomenal experience
What a fantastic experience! You are so so lucky! It is so awesome you got to see the Northern Lights! So happy for you.
So lucky. Thank you! 🥹
Love your comment about being in "awe". I had that same feeling during Evensong at Westminster Abbey.
You have outdone yourself this time. I was rooting for you till the end and so happy the Northern Lights would not disappoint you. I am so glad you had a good time and the photos you took came out well in the end. You deserved the success even though we were all hoping for it to be grander. Too bad you didn’t have a chance to kiss a dead fish, he would have enjoyed it for sure.
Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks so much 🥹❤️
I’m glad you got to see the huskies! Seeing the sled dogs in Denali National Park was a highlight when I visited Alaska with my mom. 😊
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Outstanding Emma, your best post I have seen. You were obviously very excited. I am so envious..
Thanks so much 🥹❤️
Hey Emma, absolutely love your videos, you have a unique, amusing and highly informative style and you make every second count, plus your video content is really sharp and very well edited. Thanks so much, please keep on producing great content and enjoying great adventures.
You're very kind, Thanks so much 🥹❤️
Growing up in MN, I was blessed to see the northern lights twice. It's really amazing!
Definitely need to do this! Looks amazing (despite the rough seas and cold weather!) - thanks so much for showing it!
Congrats on seeing the Northern Lights. The best time to see them is about 9pm to 3am. They are also most active around the equinoxes.
Great video thanks Emma! Have done this cruise twice on Bolette so it was lovely to re-visit via your video. Love this ship and Norway!
Thanks
Thanks Tom! Much appreciated. ❤️😎
Excellent video, you are a natural orator and the editing funny and informative, well done you
Thanks so much 🥹❤️
Lovely video as a Norwegian sailor its quite entertaining to hear someone from Britain experience and explain the Norwegian sea and coldness for the first time. But also fantastic research and facts all spot on :D
Excellent Emma! Well Done My Friend! So Happy You Were Able To See The Northern Lights! That Picture Of You On The Balcony Pointing To Them Is A Keeper! Those Ports Of Calls Were All So Beautiful, With The Snow! You Look So Cute All Bundled Up In Your Norway Outfits! Beautiful Ship, Delicious Food! A Cruise Like This Is On My Bucket List! Thanks! Glad You're Feeling Better!💖
Thanks Thomas!!! ❤️❤️❤️
So glad you got to see them ❤ I remember going over that bridge in Troms in a taxi a few years ago.
I remember feeling lucky when seeing the lights in iceland. I think once you see them you want to go capture them again and spot the other colours. Well worth the rocky travel on the way.
Yesss 😁🙌
Wow what a wonderful adventure! This is on our bucket list so this is very helpful. Thanks Emma for taking us along on the ride.
Thank you! 😁❤️
Good presentation Emma. Fred Olsen seems like a cool cruise line. I don't own a cell phone so I'd just have to remember what I would see. This is now on my bucket list. Regards. The old guy.
Most of my cruises are not warm cruises.
Glad you got to see the Lights!
We had them in Minnesota last week.
YASSSS! :)
You are wonderful! You cover things so well..and communicate in a friendly informative way! Your videos are exceptional...and I have learned so much. My wife and I are considering booking one for ourselves...meanwhile I will travel vicariously thru your adventures...THANK YOU
Thanks so much you are very kind! 🥹❤️
I grew up in Alberta Canada and was lucky to see the lights frequently. I've since moved across the country and see the lights far less often. I visited Iqaluit and missed seeing them due to asthma issues (it was -40 outside)
Oh my wow! That’s crazy. ❤️
You are just so special, Emma! I'd watch anything you put out just to hear ya talk! Greetings from Oslo
On both my Alaskan cruises in late September, I saw the Norther lights several times. It ranged from faint green lights to awe inspiring. Hope to see them again.
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Without pictures....did it really happen?😎
A really enjoyable review, and based on this we might consider a similar cruise one winter. So sorry you had such a bad sea journey! We recently (April ‘23) had a very smooth crossing from Newcastle to the Norwegian Fjords on the same ship.
So glad you saw the lights!
What a great trip. Seeing the Northern Lights would be worth any discomfort(hopefully). Thank you so much for sharing your experience!!
Absolutely was. Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Brilliant video Emma just subscribed I hit the thanks button hope it helps. Done alaska and we are going to America in September from Southampton. Keep them coming. Take care and stay safe. Tom.
Thanks Tom!! Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Whoah! So cool that you know David! I’m also very glad you got to see the lights with your own eyes!!
Love that guy! We were so lucky. Thanks for sharing! 🥳👏🏼
I literally just booked this cruise itinerary tonight with Fred Olsen but ours is on Balmoral. We depart on 19th November and people will be well sick of hearing me talk about going to Norway by then. I'm originally from Canada so hoping I can recall how to deal with that kind of cold after so many years living in the much more temperate and rainy UK. I'm glad you had a good time, it's only our second cruise, first was on MSC Euribia almost exactly a year ago from this departure and the two ships couldn't be much more different!
I am glad you got to see the lights. I have seen them many times I live in Canada.
Amazing. A Northern Lights cruise is on my bucket list!
I went on this Ferry and it was wonderful. We got an alert and a call when the northern lights popped out. I got great pictures. Did the dog sled trip also. Im glad you had a good time. I would go again.
Your my favorite UA-camr, so real and honest❤
Thanks so much 🥹❤️
I'm so happy you got to see them, especially given all the rough seas. I was supposed to go to Finland to try to see the Northern Lights this month but had to cancel so I really enjoyed this video!
So pleased you got to see the Northern Lights 🎉 .
A bucket list trip, wonderful, thank you for the video.
Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Yes it counts. I'm lucky to live in northern Canada where I get the chance to see the aurora all year round but it's still rare and so lovely when the chance arises.
Northen lights are just so pretty i live in Finland so i do see those quite regulary but still every time its still feels awesome.
The Northern lights are amazing, we get to see them quite a lot, we live Rural Alberta, the good thing for us is, that we just go on our back deck, in the pitch black, & get to see the most amazing show, & incredible colours
A once in a lifetime experience . Norway is a magical place . You were lucky; when I went In Alta it was minus 20. Glad you enjoyed it.
Brrrr!!! Thank you! 😁❤️
Wow, what a great video (as usual). That looked such an amazing experience. The huskies were very cute!
Thanks so much. Soooo cute!!! 😀💕
Love Tromso and Hurtigruten, that you mentioned, I think are the best way to see Norway and the Northern Lights as they stop as so many places (though they have a competitor, Haseen now which is welcome as Hurtigruten were offering less and less at the price of big cruise lines ). That looked like a great cruise though - we're doing our first Fred Olsen next year on your recommendation. Can't wait. :)
photo at 7:48 - awesome! Bright star to the left is Aldebaran. The little cluster slightly further right in the Pleiades. And - yes, definitely that greenish haze is the Northern Lights.
Amazing👍🏼❤️
Emma, if you enjoyed seeing the northern lights, you must absolutely plan to observe a total solar eclipse. It's a whole other level of amazing and awe-inspiring. This is surely a "bucket list" thing to do in your lifetime.
I saw my first total eclipse from a cruise ship in the Caribbean some years back, as the ship could cruise out to the center-line of the path of the eclipse. It was a trip organized by "Astronomy" magazine, so there were a few hundred of us in and amongst all of the "muggles" who had no idea what was to happen, and were just taking a cruise.
We had pulled into port the morning of the eclipse, and the captain made an announcement that the ship would be leaving for a bit for the eclipse observation and then return to port. Now many of us emerged with our cameras, tripods and other equipment and set up on deck for the observation. This was much to the strange looks from many other passengers that had just stayed on board. But they were all caught up in it as the sun slowly began to disappear. And then during the short period of "totality" when the sun is completely covered by the moon.. that's the experience! Just 3 or 4 minutes long, but after experiencing it you know why people travel halfway across the world to see one.
Being on the ship was a double-edge sword. As it could move around, we could try to dodge the cloud cover. On the other hand, it did move around a bit. But it was a great experiences, despite the sunburn from hanging out on the deck for the hours leading up and after the total eclipse.
I'm very excited for the third total eclipse observation of my life, coming up in a few weeks here in the US! These things happen some years apart, some not total eclipses. Keep an eye out, and maybe some cruise line will organize something if these happen to cross an ocean.
I'd love that! Sounds incredible. Thanks for sharing! 🥳👏🏼
You can see the northern lights from England. It might only appear a few times a year though.
I live in Minnesota and one year, I saw them all over the sky from Minneapolis. They went all the way down to the southern horizon!
BTW, -10 degrees C is NOT cold. That's tee-shirt weather in Minnesota. :)
Im a retired fa and saw northern lights on way to alaska.beautiful. I was in flight deck had fantasy view.
So glad you took this amazing trip. I actually am a sled dog musher and race in the Midwest in USA with my kennel; I have a few friends in Norway and I think I might recognize the kennel you went to. 🤣 It is so awesome to see you have such a good time there and enjoy just how HAPPY the dogs are and how much they love to run. We actually just got a northern lights show the other night here in north Wisconsin - I’ve never seen the lights before but people were saying it was the best show in nearly a decade. It was amazing to see and I am glad you were lucky enough to see it on this cruise too!
Oh wow!!! That’s so fun. 🥹💕
Thanks so much for sharing your Northern lights experience! That must have been breathtaking for you!
Another excellent video and story. Glad you got to see the Northern Lights on your trip. :)
Thank you! 😁❤️
Emma- how thrilling and exciting! The lights are stunning and you did get to see them in person! How lovely and indeed, awesome. Thank you so much for sharing this trip with us! 💚💚💚💚
Thanks so much Sharon 😀❤️
Emma, such a great video! I am so glad that you got to see the Northern lights!
Thanks so much ❤️
Thank you for sharing you experience! Beautiful!
Thank you! 😁❤️
Wow. Emma...I envy you. What an amazing experience. I am so glad you were able to experience the Northern Lights. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos. I love cruising and your videos let me experience places I know i will never get to see.
Thank you so much. That's very kind of you to say!
Glad you got to see the northern lights. You might be able to see them from Scotland at times. We did see some on a visit to Scotland many years ago. I grew up in Wisconsin. We would see northern lights on occasion. They are very pretty. One night I was driving home from Milwaukee heading north. The drive was about an hour long and away from city lights as it is a rural areal. I got to see the most impressive northern lights raging from the greens to orange. It was amazing. I am going to Norway next year, I hope it's not that cold, but being from WI it wasn't actually that cold. Right now living on the TX/Mexico border and it's 90 F today, I probably would not survive too well in the cold weather either.
Sounds amazing 😀💕 I’ve been to Wisconsin lots of times!
Thanks for doing this. I hope that you are feeling better today.
Thanks lots, yep almost back to normal things. 😀
Thanks for talking about the experience, northern lights are a bucket list item for sure, had no idea they behaved that way! So glad you got to see them!
Thanks for watching 😀👏🏼
Always so enjoyable. You are so gifted.
Thank you so much!