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Shore Excursion - Tour #O12

Lyngseidet, Norway

Optional Shore Excursion 0.12

Lyngseidet, Norway
Thursday 13 July 1953
2pm

The CARONIA is scheduled to arrive at Lyngseidet.

A limited number of stolkjaerres, the sturdy carriages found in rural Norway, and a few automobiles will be available to transport members of this excursion to a nearby Lapp encampment.

This is the summer home of the nomadic Laplanders who spend the winters in the mountains of Sweden and Finland and the summers in Lyngen, where they live in tepees of reindeer hides or canvas.

6.30pm

The CARONIA will sail for Lofoten Islands.