Fram arrived Flateyri as most of us ate breakfast. The
village is situated in Iceland’s Westfjords. With a population of approximately
237, it is the largest settlement in Önundarfjördur. The town has been trading
post since 1792, and temporarily became a major whaling center in the 19th
century. In 1995 an avalanche hit the village, destroying 29 homes and killing
20 people. Since then a deflecting dam has been built to protect the village
from any further avalanches. In the 1990s, Flateyri prospered as a fishing
village and after recession hit its main fishing companies shut down and many
people left.
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We finished of the night with a bar quiz up at deck 7, with Steffen
playing the piano. It was an even thigh between the teams, but we finally managed
to find the evenings winner =)