Tag Archives: Norway

Hiking the Mountains of Bergen

Posted on August 10, 2025 by David Cross

It is very popular for locals and tourists to hike around the city in the seven mountains surrounding the area. We went up to Mount Ulriken. It is best to take the cable car up the first half of the … Continue reading →

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Bergen Norway

Posted on August 10, 2025 by David Cross

We decided to head west from the fjords and check out Bergen to see if the city was any different. I think we found a cool driver – I think it was Liev Schreiber practicing for a new movie role… … Continue reading →

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Flam Norway

Posted on August 9, 2025 by David Cross

It is a little bit of a tourist trap and most visited city in Norway, but there are ways to have more fun than just visiting via a cruise ship… Ourselves, we first took a train from Voss to Mrydal. … Continue reading →

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A Dinner On The Spaceship

Posted on August 7, 2025 by David Cross

We had a very special opportunity to visit and enjoy a meal on a very unusual spacecraft that did not likely originate from Norway or this planet. It was not very easy to find or get to. Just like the … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Oslo

Posted on August 6, 2025 by David Cross

We caught an early morning flight and checked into a hotel in the harbor area which was very convenient. We stayed at the Thief Hotel and had a great early lunch at the Salmon House restaurant which surprisingly had better … Continue reading →

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Arctic Circle Birds and Islands

Posted on August 12, 2016 by David Cross

This afternoon we hopped in the zodiacs to go check out the borg of Guillemot birds that live and control Alkjefellet (Auk Mountain) island. The island is full of waterfalls and nests. There is apparently 60,000 of these buggers living … Continue reading →

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Hanging out with the Wahlbergs in Norway

Posted on August 11, 2016 by David Cross

We made a quick stop at Wahlberg0ya which is an island in the Hinlopen Strait.  Since there were no animals on this island, I guess we can only have veggie burgers…. Let’s give a view of some of the flora … Continue reading →

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Even in the Arctic Circle – You are Followed

Posted on August 10, 2016 by David Cross

We went back south to check out the (small) Stor0ya island. We wanted to explore for some more local wildlife that may be hanging out around the research points.  I think this is one of the cell phone signal capture … Continue reading →

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Ever Hike a Glacier?

Posted on August 9, 2016 by David Cross

The satellite connectivity and Internet speeds are horribly slow.  The nice pictures are just too large to upload.  So for this posting, I am using the famous high end Microsoft Paint program to reduce the size of the pics so … Continue reading →

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We are back! Blogging from Ny-Alesund

Posted on August 8, 2016 by David Cross

We wanted to make sure we could run in the Arctic Circle, so we stopped at Ny-Alesund which is at 78 Degrees 55 minutes North latitude. It is located in the northern part of the Svalbard islands which are controlled … Continue reading →

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