Solar Eclipse 1st August 2008

[stewfox]

Hi,

My intension was to take cruise up north (passed the coast of Norway) to see the Solar eclipse (see attached)

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html

However some google research suggest its 85/90% chance of being cloudy up there . One tour even mentions if the ice is too thick they may not get in the line of totality , no other cruise mentions that , I assume they are bigger ships ?

Looking at places in Russia and China where the eclipse passes through would suggest places near the Gobi desert for the best chance of it not being cloudy

Has anyone going to see this done any research ,where the best place to see it is

Bearing in mind cost /safety and perhaps a few other things to do