Destination: Norway

Photos: My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By sandara | Photo Gallery

August 2011- Stavanger, Norway

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 | By arm | Views [587]

Stavanger, Norway My Birthday present from M was a weekend to Norway, a very generous and amazing gift! M had seen a billboard with a picture of "The Pulpit Rock," a beautiful sight of Stavanger which can be reached by ... Read more >

Photos: Fjords & Bonfires in Bergen

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Fjords & Bonfires in Bergen

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 | By drmitch | Views [1044]

My ticket directed me to the "family car" of the train to Bergen where I was the only passenger. I was a bit worried that I'd caught the wrong train until the ticket collector came through and put my mind at rest! There had been a fire ... Read more >

Tags: bergen, fjord, glacier, hiking, mt floyden

Photos: Out and About in Oslo

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 | By drmitch | Photo Gallery

Out and About in Oslo

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 | By drmitch | Views [867]

I had to get up stupidly early to catch the 6 hour train to Oslo, where I walked the 15 minutes to Anker Hostel . Once again it is more of a “hotel” feel than a hostel, with a large waiting room, no kitchen but a hotplate in the dorm room, and very ... Read more >

Tags: akershus slott, bygdoy island, castle, fram museum, kontiki museum, maritime museum, nobel peace centre, opera house, oslo, vikings

Photos: Norway

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 | By flashback_by | Photo Gallery

NORWAY

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 | By zeljko-jasna | Views [326] | Comments [1]

Photos: Oslo

Sat, 1 Jan 2011 | By mccartgemm | Photo Gallery

The Return Trip

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 | By cbracco | Views [489]

  It was a good thing that the weather was nice for the first half of the trip because by the second week the weather had turned for the worse.   It was hard to make landings due to the rough water, so we had some days just on board the ship and I didn’t ... Read more >

Photos: My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By arcticexposure | Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

Moffen Island, 80 Degress North

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By cbracco | Views [700]

We are at the halfway mark of our trip.   The weather has been remarkably cooperative so far and I have my fingers crossed that it stays that way.   Aside from some high swells on some nights while sailing, the water has been calm especially where we ... Read more >

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 | By pozitifff | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

The Expedition!

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 | By cbracco | Views [659]

We have been on the boat for two days and already we have seen the Northern Lights and shooting stars.   The boat is a 120 ft schooner which is surprisingly roomy for twenty artists and crew.   Our cabins are probably about 100 square feet shared by ... Read more >

Longyearbyen, Svalbard

Sat, 9 Oct 2010 | By cbracco | Views [554]

We spent the first couple of days in the Arctic at the lodge meeting each other, getting last minute supplies rand touring the town.   Longyearbyen is a Norwegian mining town and is the northernmost town with more than 1000 people.   There are surrounding ... Read more >