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Coastal Norway

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Photography by Jean McConochie
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Waterfall from the Briksdal glacier Meltwater from Briksdalen Glacier Briksdal glacier is part of Europe's largest ice field. A farmer's goats graze on the mountainside. Briksdal glacier beneath the clouds
Foxglove (oxalis), the official flower of this region Ninja tourist at Briksdal glacial lake The dun-colored Norwegian fjord horse has been in Norway for over four millenia. In the Olden old church (1759), each farm had its own pew. The fishing village of Maloy.
Waterway between the mainland and the outer islands. Ruins of a Benedictine monastery, established in 1103 to honor St. Sunniva. The local Norwegian pilot, on the bridge with Captain Bear. A field on the edge of Nordfjorden, a 20-mile-long branch of Melfjord. One of the wildest corners of Norway, Nordfjord has no inhabitants and only rare visitors..
Bush vetch? Sea milk-wort (primrose family) (Right?) A fjord is a valley carved out by ice and filled by the sea. Kayaking on deep water -- 59 feet near the shore, 700 feet in the center. Plants find a hold in the most unlikely spots.
High noon on an Arctic fjord g6/30/33230/3/83009550.4iwoHL1P.jpg Hoisting the kayaks after the morning exploration. Leaving Nordfjorden On an island just below the Arctic Circle
Part of the inner harbor at Hamnholmen The chapel at Lovund A house on Lovund Arvid Olsen and his daughter, Marianne Marianne's fish house
Yes, it's cold. Fishing houses at Lovund A traditional sod roof The Naustholmen harbor, with a fish factory boat. A part of the inner harbor at Hamnholmen
Anne, Dee and Jean astride the Arctic Circle. Gathering to explore a town on the Arctic Circle Traena harbor Local Lutheran church, with characteristic steeple in Mostad, a fishing village abandoned in the 1950s, houses are being restored as vacation homes.
The small red buildings were drying sheds for the cod caught by Mostad fishermen. Artist capturing sheds in watercolor. Naturalist Ian Bullock shows how light the Mostad fishing boats were --easy to pull ashore in the shallow harbor . In earlier times, each family had a plot to cultivate; and a pasture; stones marked the boundaries. Unanticipated links to the past
Camouflage: can you see the four large black shags on the rock? Dried cod, the commodity that brought people to Norway from the Middle Ages on. The last of these boats replicates a Norse vessel. Aa has survived by incorporating as a museum. In this 1940s home, note the machines for shoe-making and knitting. Approaching a narrow fjord
Radar shows our position and course into Trollfjord Entering Trollfjord, named for the rocks that obstruct its entrance The steep cliffs of Trollfjord Distant peaks in sunlight as we move through the dark and narrow fjord The narrowest point in Trollfjord
Having transited the narrows, Endeavour will use her bow and stern thrusters to pivot and reverse course. Waterfall in the Trollfjord Above Tysfjord's entrance, Stone Age rock carvings. And now for something completely different. Oysterplant, rare this far north (68 degrees)
This Sami (Lapp) settlement at the end of Tysfjord is usually not inhabited until September; we saw no one. In the past year, the pine forest above Hellmebotyn has been felled for timber. The Tromso Botanic Garden features a series of habitats, each on its own hill. Rare blue poppy of Tibet at Tromso's Botanic Garden Part of the Sami exhibit at the Polar Museum
Pipe organ of the Arctic Cathedral Burberry clothing worn by Hjalmar Johansen when he joined Roald Amundsen for an attempt on the North Pole (1893-96). Hunting the harp seal, early 20th century. Battle with Ice Bears, Francois-Auguste Briard, 1839 On Strandgata, near the cathedral
The Lutheran Cathedral (completed 1861) Interior of the Lutheran Cathedral Spindly bridge connecting city center with Arctic Cathedral Modern housing in Tromso Our first glimpse of Soroya.
A pseudo-sunset at 10:30 p.m. The forbidding edge of Soroya Island Heavenly rays of light bless the Endeavour. Black guillemots, the penguins of the Arctic (genetic cousins) A white sand beach above the Arctic Circle
The Dare Grim Determination Still running on adrenaline The cold hits home Triumphant
We leave the European continent to enter the Land of the Ice Bear. A Norwegian Coast Guard boat comes to pick up our final coastal pilot. The pilot boat, off Tromso

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