The quay is made of wood and possibly fairly fragile so the mooring hawser is attached to a chain which goes through an hole in the quay to the shore where it is firmly anchored.
Båtsfjord
Vardø
Vadsø
Kirkenes
I think the blue tint on these six pictures is because they were taken through the windows of the Deck 8/9 lounges.
Our plane arriving
It is called Jenny Lind - a name we know well. She is remembered in Sutton.
Note "Passport control" in Russian - we are just 18km from Russia.
And about 30° E: the same longitude as Istanbul but it does not seem so far. At the equator 1° of longitude is 111 km but at 70° N like Kirkenes 1° of longitude is only 38 km.