The sun was shining and we were all getting ready for a busy
day, with two landing in front of us. We started out with Blomsterbukta
(meaning Flower Bay), were activities like hiking, kayaking and wandering
around enjoying the nature were on the list. As we got ashore we could all
understand why the bay was called Blomsterbukta, as the area was full of
flowers all though we were by the end of August. The flowers and their
surroundings together with the iceberg just by the landing beach made the view
breathtaking. Also the fauna showed itself from it best side as very many of us
got one or many glimpse of the musk ox. The hikers got beautiful hike up to a
lake colored red by the sediments and across several small mountains, while the
guides enthusiastically told everything there was to tell about the
surroundings. 
The kayakers got an amazing trip with quite water and a very
close encounter too five musk ox, which showed of their climbing skills. The
guides also demonstrated how a rescue would be done on the open sea in case
someone falls out.
We went back to Fram and continued on our journey. Our next
stop was Ella Ø, a beautiful area with around dozen of houses. Ella Ø is a large island at the mouth of Kempe Fjord in the inner Kong Oscar's Fjord. It was named by Nathorst during his 1899 expedition as Ella Ø, after his wife. The station was continuously manned 1931-1943 and 1947-1952. It was also used by Lauge Kock's expedition as a summer station in 1958. These days Sirius patrol is using it as their base during the summer months.
From here they use the summer to supply all the smaller huts around the area.
The five Sirius patrol members and two of their dogs were supposed to have left the area
for the season, but luckily they were still here. The guest therefor got a
chance to meet the real Sirius patrol and see how they lived during the summer.
The guests also walked around in the area enjoying the surroundings with
its flora and fauna.
The rest of the evening we enjoyed on board. And as most of
the guest enjoyed their evenings in their normal procedure, some of the guests
were getting ready for Arctic night, meaning sleeping under open sky on Fram’s
deck.
