Trolltunga (Troll Tongue)- a rock with a characteristic shape located in Norway on the border of the Hardangervidda plateau, 1100 meters above Lake Ringedalsvatnet, east of the town of Tyssedal. To get to the parking lot under the trail to Trolltunga we have about 35 km. We go, excited, ready...
Barentsburg
Barentsburg - is the second largest settlement in Svalbard, it is inhabited by about 470 people, mainly Russians and Ukrainians. Most of the inhabitants worked in the coal mine which is now closed. The distance to Longyearbyen, the largest settlement in Svalbard, is approx. 55 km, but a road connecting...
Alta, northern lights and birthday in Norway
The city of Alta is the capital of a municipality in northern Norway, in the province of Finnmark. Situated on the shores of the Altafjord, at the mouth of the Altaelva River. Geographical coordinates 69°58′N 23°18′E, so it lies above the Arctic Circle. The sun does not set between May...
Svalbard in summer
Svalbard- a Norwegian province in the Arctic, covering the Svalbard archipelago together with several islands not included in the archipelago within the limits of 71 ° - 81 ° N and 10 ° - 35 ° E, 800 km north of Norway and 1100 km from the North Pole. A...
Svalbard ice cave
Ice cave - a cave in which (in the whole cave or at least part of it) there are persistent ice clusters or ice dripstones throughout the year. As a rule, this is related to the fact that the cave (or its part) remains at minus temperatures throughout the year...