点评:Our first Aurora Chase. As it was bad weather in Tromso it was a chase for clear skies tonight. Guide Gunnar headed south tonight as he said that was where the best chances were of gaps in the clouds. GG plays a video about the Aurora which was interesting, and he has it available in multiple languages. Throughout the trip he kept in touch with other guides. Our first stop was for a toilet break at a service station and you could buy food/ snacks if you wanted.
We went quite far south, backtracked a bit and had our first stop behind another service station, at the far end of the car park as GG had seen some breaks in the clouds. We had to wade through some deepish snow to get behind the service station lights but were then treat to a showing of the aurora, not a huge show because of the clouds, but beautiful green swirls. They only lasted a few minutes, and we then went onward stopping at one point as a herd of Reindeer that were in the road, sadly a taxi travelling in the opposite direction had hit one.
We then pulled into a layby as another hole spotted and again saw the Aurora, a better display this time but again over very quickly. GG lit a wood fire and served homemade cake and hot blackcurrant juice. The fire was lovely and warm although a little smoky.
We stayed there for about two hours hoping for more breaks but although we had a couple unfortunately no Aurora. We headed back to Tromso, stopping on a couple of occasions for GG to check the skies but no more luck. We also stopped for another toilet stop. GG is incredibly experienced and undoubtedly it was due to his experience that we saw anything.
翻译:我们的第一个极光追逐。由于特罗姆瑟天气恶劣,今晚需要晴朗的天空。导游冈纳尔今晚向南行驶,他说那里是最有可能出现云层间隙的地方。 GG 播放了一段关于 Aurora 的视频,很有趣,并且有多种语言版本。在整个旅程中,他与其他导游保持联系。我们的第一站是在服务站上厕所休息,如果您愿意,您可以购买食物/零食。
我们向南行驶了很远,原路返回了一点,我们的第一站是在另一个服务站后面,在停车场的尽头,因为 GG 看到了云层中的一些裂缝。我们不得不涉过厚厚的积雪才能到达加油站灯光后面,但随后我们就看到了极光的出现,由于云层的原因,极光的表现并不是很大,而是美丽的绿色漩涡。它们只持续了几分钟,然后我们继续前进,在路上停了下来,因为路上有一群驯鹿,不幸的是一辆朝相反方向行驶的出租车撞到了其中一只。
然后我们把车停进了停车处,发现了另一个洞,再次看到了极光,这次表现更好,但很快又结束了。 GG 点燃柴火,提供自制蛋糕和热黑醋栗汁。炉火可爱又温暖,虽然有点冒烟。
我们在那里呆了大约两个小时,希望有更多的休息时间,但尽管我们有几个,但遗憾的是没有极光。我们返回特罗姆瑟,期间曾几次停下来让 GG 查看天空,但再也没有运气了。我们还停下来去另一个厕所。 GG 的经验非常丰富,毫无疑问,正是由于他的经验,我们才看到了一切。