31.05 A little detour

Johny left Vesterålen last thursday (24.05) and is heading North. On the way to Svalbard he stopped on... Bear Island. This is rather unusual and these geese will never stop surprising me.

Let get closer look at his track. The below marked part of his flight took him 20h to travel with an average speed of 2.75 km/h.

I thought that he must have had encountered very heavy wind and it slowed him down and 'force' to get a rest on land. I checked wind speed and direction data for these two days (data come from www.yr.no) and surprisingly this was not the case. There was light to moderate breeze that day (7-10 m/s) blowing from south and south-east. Maybe he was resting on the water surface. 

However when he decided to continue north, the wind changed direction and was blowing from north. Maybe this was the reason why he turned and headed towards the island. I am looking forward to get more news.