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Bergen is built on seven hills. S/S Statsraad Lehmkuhl, the largest sailing vessel in Norway Vagen (the harbor) with spire of Nykirken (new church) Colorful building near Torget
Lively seller of cloudberry preserves Meltwater from Briksdalen Glacier Briksdalen Glacier On an island just below the Arctic Circle
Arvid Olsen and his daughter, Marianne Marianne's fish house Yes, it's cold. A part of the inner harbor at Hamnholmen
Local Lutheran church, with characteristic steeple Artist capturing sheds in watercolor. Dried cod, the commodity that brought people to Norway from the Middle Ages on. The last of these boats replicates a Norse vessel.
Rare blue poppy of Tibet at Tromso's Botanic Garden Pipe organ of the Arctic Cathedral Interior of the Lutheran Cathedral The pilot boat, off Tromso
Humpback whale diving A million pairs of seabirds nest here. Prime beach-front property (straight out of Mordor). 'Lord of the Rings' was inspired by Norse mythology and places like this...
Assorted guillemots (3 kinds!) A profusion of Arctic plants M.S. Endeavour off NW corner of Edgeoya This beach is really a river delta.
g6/30/33230/3/82485509.l8KAeEzo.jpg Fresh human footprints in the squishy tundra Young female on the prowl for a midnight snack ... Something smells good ...
Live prey! Lots of live prey ... Damn, it's sort of a big steel can ... Hey, Ralphie boy! Mr. DeMille ...?
Maybe I can get in on the other side ... Come on... I am NOT gonna swim across! Dozens of live hairless seals in big moving can... Who's gonna believe this? Walruses!
--- Caption Contest! --- (Winner will get credit, and our gratitude.) Firepit left by hunters, looking like something out of 'Robinson Crusoe' M.S. Endeavour (far back on left) dwarfed by a 50-meter-high glacial wall Snout of the Negribreen glacier
M.S. Endeavour, at anchor in Storfjord Lowering the gangway for a zodiac excursion g6/30/33230/3/83273097.OGIR4uhg.jpg Words fail.
Kittiwakes? Entering Horsund Fjord Gjoa, Roald Amundsen's first ship With Gjoa, Amundsen conquered the Northwest Passage in 1906.
Fram was designed by Colin Archer for Fridjof Nansen's 1893 Arctic expedition. Fram is said to be the strongest wooden ship ever built. All of the statues are nudes. Visitors of all ages enjoy Vigeland Park.
Weary resignation in Vigeland Park Parliament lawn on a summer evening Pipervika on a summer eve

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