On Monday morning, the ride on Norröna had got even worse, with the waves regularly reaching up to the eighth deck. But finally, with a delay of 12 hours, we reached Tórshavn. Here, customs procedures were quickly done, thanks to our local cooperator Sigurd Christiansen, who had prepared everything perfectly.
On day one on Faroe, Sigurd took us for a first site visit to Eiði. After a while of exploring possible locations, we decided for a place somewhat protected from the extreme winds up there (reaching 80 m/s), but without any obstacles nearby. We will have to drill into the cliffs for fixation.
Also, we managed to become digital locals with our station – we will have internet up there. That will offer us the oppertunity of having the data available nearly in real-time.
The second day we have to spend in our appartment, assembling the station and programming the control electronics. That takes – as to be expected – considerably more time than planned. Meanwhile, the weather constantly changes between rain and snow showers and the brightest sun.