Mr. FRAS

Today we had confirmation that our resident astronomer on this expedition will be Tom Kerss.

His first trip for Hurtigruten was due to be in October, but we recently had an email update to tell us that it will actually now be with us. Hopefully that will mean his energy levels are high, and he'll be every bit as excited to be there as we will :o)

He'll be giving the astronomy lectures, joining passengers on the observation deck to answer questions and point out interesting heavenly bodies, and also leading the more science-y excursions, such as the one to the planetarium at the Science Centre in Tromsø.