A trip delayed since 2020 where we will visit Norway, Svalbard, Greenland, and Iceland.
This is part of a series called Nordic Sojourn 2022 Our first landing of the trip was at Gravneset that is rated as one of the most beautiful fjords in Svalbard. It is surrounded by tall mountains and glaciers. It’s also one of the largest burial grounds (over 130 graves) in Svalbard dating from the…
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This is part of a series called Nordic Sojourn 2022 Today, we flew from Oslo to Longyearbyen. It is located at 78 degrees North — just 1316 kilometers from the North Pole, with a resident population of 2400 people from 53 different countries. It was nearly a three hour flight from Oslo to get here…
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This is part of a series called Nordic Sojourn 2022 On our first evening in Norway, we started our swing of the fjord lands of West as we flew into Alesund, Norway. Despite the fact that July is typically one of the driest months in this area, it has been raining steadily for a couple…
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This is part of a series called Nordic Sojourn 2022 We are off again, on the last of our Covid-delayed trips. This time we are off to visit a subset of the Nordic countries — parts of Norway, Svalbard (an unincorporated part of Norway), Greenland, and Iceland. This trip will be all about planes, trains,…
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