Norway Photo Gallery - Weeks 13~14

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1 - Saltstraumen Bridge and
   tidal race viewed from west
2 - The Saltstraumen Bridge arching over the tidal-flow narrows 3 - Turbulent mælstroms across
  the Saltstraumen twin channels
4 - Looking down onto the Saltstraumen turbulence from bridge

5 - Saltstraumen turbulence and
   backdrop of jagged peaks
6 - Mælstroms around the headland of Saltstraumen village 7 -  In-flowing tidal currents
meeting fjord's natural outflow
8 - Mælstroms at meeting of
in-flowing and out-flowing currents

 
9 - Saltstraumen mælstrom
   sucking down water
10 - Saltstraumen turbulence spreading across river's width 11 - Saltstraumen turbulence
   backlit by sun
12 - Saltstraumen village, turbulent river and mountainous backdrop

 
13 - Fishing the rapids at
  Saltstraumen village
14 - More placid upstream view
  from Saltstraumen village
15 - Gulls feeding along
Saltstraumen out-flowing current
16 - Memaurtinden with glacier-filled
   corrie and coronet of pinnacles

 
17 - Blokktinden Peak and
Ågskardet ferry from Furøy Camping
18 - Sunny morning at Furøy Camping looking along Holandsfjord 19 - Engabreen glacial tongue descending from Svartisen Glacier 20 - Corrie filled by Engabreen glacial tongue descending from Svartisen

 
21 - Ripening Juniper berries
 growing alongside Engabrevatnet
22 - Engabreen's turquoise-blue ice formations and stark white ice-field 23 - Starting up the ice-smoothed rocks to approach Engabreen Glacier 24 - Ice formations on the edge
 of Engabreen Glacier

 
25 - High-point on Engabreen's
 ice-smoothed rock slope
26 - Ice formations on edge
of Engabreen Glacier
27 - Roped climbers advancing across ice field of Engabreen Glacier 28 - Ferry re-crossing Holandsfjord towards the Engabreen Glacier

 
29 - Peak of Telnestinden from the Jetvik ferry on a murky morning 30 - Polar Circle globe marker
at foot of Telnestinden
31 - Dramatically monochrome mountainous panorama of Melfjord 32 - Morning coffee at Polar
Camping looking across Sørfjord

 
33 - Polar Camping with Kilboghamn ferry passing along Sørfjord 34 - Departing Nesna by ferry for the crossing to Levang 35 - Offersøya Camping against backdrop of the Seven Sisters ridge 36 - Evening light over the
mud flats at Offersøya Camping

 
37 - Polar Camping with Kilboghamn ferry passing along Sørfjord 38 - The Rigel Memorial and
  Tjøtta war cemetery
39 - Ferry arriving at Tjøtta
 for the crossing to Forvik
40 - Seven Sisters ridge and island
of Rødsøya from Forvik~Tjøtta ferry

 
41 - The Forvik~Tjøtta
   ferry crossing
42 - Western end of Torghatten
     'hole in the mountain'
43 - Brønnøysund harbour with south-bound Hurtigrute at quay 44 - View from the rail over Brønnøysund from M/S Midnattsol

 
45 - Hurtigrute departing along sound towards Brønnøysund bridge 46 - Breakfast at
Vennesund Brygge Camping
47 - Morning Vennesund~Holm ferry passing Vennesund Brygge Camping 48 - Departing Vennesund Brygge
on Vennesund~Holm ferry crossing
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