Album MS Nordnorge - Febr 2015 from Gudrun

Torghatten, the mountain with the hole

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 08:11:58 +0000

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The famous hole in Torghatten (see inset photos!) is a former sea cave lifted up by isostatic rebound. Torghatten is part of Trollfjell geopark: www.trollfjellgeopark.no/index.php/en/attractions/bronnoy
It is also the stuff of legends: bronn.no/engelsk/index.php/the-legend-of-torghatten

Deutsch:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torghatten

Das "Loch" von Norden
Das "Loch" von Süden

Brønnøysundbrua

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:33:42 +0000

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5.10 p.m.- Golden hour at Brønnøysund, view south to the bridge and Torghatten

Brønnøysund sunset

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:46:42 +0000

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4.35 p.m. - the sky and mountain tops in the north have turned pink

Brønnøysund

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:09:24 +0000

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Looking south to Brønnøysundbrua. The cantilevered road bridge is 550m long and has a maximum height of 30m so ships can pass underneath.

Brønnøysund

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:00:12 +0000

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Brønnøysund lies in the middle of Norway at 65°28′30″N.

Sju søstre

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:32:07 +0000

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The Seven Sisters are a mountain range shaped by glaciers. They are situated on Alsta Island south of Sandnessjøen.
Like Hestmannen and Torghatten, the Seven Sisters are the stuff of legends bronn.no/engelsk/index.php/the-legend-of-torghatten

Die Schwestern im Sommer: www.ipernity.com/doc/erhard.bernstein/53034122

Towards Nesna

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:06:37 +0000

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Winding through the maze of islands that make up the Helgeland coast.

Træna

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:06:04 +0000

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Træna is an outlying group of over 100 small islands on the Helgeland coast, right on the polar circle, of which only 4 are inhabited. Archeological finds suggest that people have been living on the islands since the stone age.

Toppsund

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:00:32 +0000

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A snowstorm coming into Toppsundet between the islands of Grytøya and Hinnøya.

Ein Schneesturm zieht im Toppsund zwischen den Inseln Grytøya und Hinnøya auf.

Morning rush hour

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 08:09:24 +0000

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Downtown Harstad at 8.30 in the morning. The snow plough has removed excess snow but that's it- no salt or grit on the roads...

A fence for Harstad

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:37:31 +0000

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Harstad harbour on a winter morning. Freight for MS Nordnorge is being loaded, the waiting cars went in last.
HFF everybody!

Icicles

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:38:53 +0000

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On board MS Nordnorge in Harstad harbour- in the middle of a snow storm. The icicles consisted of frozen sea water.

After the storm

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 08:38:37 +0000

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Frozen seawater on MS Nordnorge after a rough crossing of Lopphavet. The kitchen and restaurant had considerable breakages during the ride;-) See inset photos!

HFF everybody- keep warm and safe!

Heading for Hammerfest

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:45:19 +0000

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See inset picture on how to take photos when the ship is rolling;-)

Storm clouds over Barents sea

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 18:40:34 +0000

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These ominous looking clouds turned into a full storm in the Barents sea, reaching 49 kn round Nordkinn peninsula.
Click for larger size: www.ipernity.com/doc/523247/37144362/sizes/2048

EXIF: 1/80 sec. • f/8.0 • 40.0 mm • ISO 320
Canon EOS 6D, EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM

Kirkenes Harbour

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:55:22 +0000

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Russian trawler Mekhanik Sergej Agapov at Kirkenes. Kirkenes is only 150km from Murmansk as the crow flies, but nearly 2000km from Oslo.

Wintertime

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:02:08 +0000

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Past its best

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 08:56:07 +0000

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A shed at Kirkenes fishing harbour, the note shows that Murmansk is much nearer than Oslo;-)

Honningsvåg

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 13:03:36 +0000

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A snowstorm closing in over Honningsvåg. Just a moment earlier the sun was shining-(see clickable note:

MS Vesterålen near Honningsvåg

nobody@ipernity.com (Gudrun) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:28:22 +0000

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MS Vesterålen weathered a force 11 storm in the shelter of Tanafjorden. We met her - 8 hours late- just off Honningsvåg trying to catch up her delay.