Northern_Norway_Landscapes

A 2013 "heavy metal" trip to Northern Norway

Skorovass Gruver, Skorovatn, Namsskogan, Nord-Trøndelag. Copper-sulfide mine, operative from 1952 to 1984

Skorovass Gruber, Nord-Trøndelag, iron tailings

Rana Gruber, Mo i Rana, Nordland, used to ship iron ore to the Norwegian Iron Work (Norsk Jernverk). Today this is Mo Industripark

Ranfjorden, Mo i Rana, Still heavily polluted

Engabreen, part of the Svartisen Glacier, Nordland

Saltstraumen, Nordland

Ågskardet, Meløy, Nordland

Sulitjelma, Loamejávrre, Nordland

Sulitjelma, Loamejávrre (Låmivatnet), Nordland. Wet experience! Planned to visit the mining area, Sulitjelma Gruber, but cancelled it due to the crappy weather

M/S Reine Whale safari from Andenes. With a lot of puking, seasick foreigners!

Day 5, and finally some sunny weather! Here some Honda Accord off-roading..

Northern Gentian - bleiksøte (Gentiana affinis), Talvik, Alta, Finnmark

Photographing Northern Gentian, Talvik, Alta, Finnmark

Repparfjord, Kvalsund, Finnmark. The site for the controversial sea tailing placement from the planned Nussir copper mine

Harbor area for Nussir in Repparfjord

Camping in Bakfjorden, Måsøy, Finnmark

Wild Chives - sibirgrasløk (Allium schoenoprasum ssp. sibiricum), Porsangerfjorden, Lakselv, Finnmark

Gjesvær, Nordkapp, Finnmark

Boat trip to Gjesværstappan, Nordkapp

Large Pink - silkenellik (Dianthus superbus), Porsangerfjorden, Lakselv, Finnmark

Moor-king - kongsspir (Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum), Børselv, Lakselv

Bakfjorden, Måsøy

The Coastal Express, Honningsvåg, Finnmark

Dried cod, Honningsvåg

Nordkapp, northernmost point in mainland Europe

A 2013 "heavy metal" trip to Northern Norway
Some photos from a travel to Northern Norway in the summer of 2013. Since I am interested in the environmental effects of the mining industry, I visited some relevant locations in Central and Northern Norway. Due to bad weather, Bleikvassli was a missed opportunity, but I managed to visit Skorovass Gruver in Nord-Trøndelag, Rana Gruber and Sulithjelma Gruver (extremely rainy) in Nordland, and the site of the planned mining activity in Repparfjord in Kvalsund, Finnmark (Nussir, were they have discovered a massive copper ore), and finally Sydvaranger Gruver in Sør-Varanger in Eastern Finnmark. All in all, a well-destined "heavy metal" trip !		Home
Skorovass Gruver, Skorovatn, Namsskogan, Nord-Trøndelag. Copper-sulfide mine, operative from 1952 to 1984		Skorovass Gruber, Nord-Trøndelag, iron tailings
Rana Gruber, Mo i Rana, Nordland, used to ship iron ore to the Norwegian Iron Work (Norsk Jernverk). Today this is Mo Industripark		Ranfjorden, Mo i Rana, Still heavily polluted
Engabreen, part of the Svartisen Glacier, Nordland		Saltstraumen, Nordland
Sulitjelma mining equipment (2003)		Jakobsbakken mine shaft, Sulitjelma (2003)
Ågskardet, Meløy, Nordland		Sulitjelma, Loamejávrre, Nordland
Sulitjelma, Loamejávrre (Låmivatnet), Nordland. Wet experience! Planned to visit the mining area, Sulitjelma Gruber, but cancelled it due to the crappy weather		Andøya, Nordland
M/S Reine Whale safari from Andenes. With a lot of puking, seasick foreigners!		Andenes
Day 5, and finally some sunny weather! Here some Honda Accord off-roading..		Northern Gentian - bleiksøte (Gentiana affinis), Talvik, Alta, Finnmark
Photographing Northern Gentian, Talvik, Alta, Finnmark		Kvalsund, Finnmark
Repparfjord, Kvalsund, Finnmark. The site for the controversial sea tailing placement from the planned Nussir copper mine		Harbor area for Nussir in Repparfjord
Camping in Bakfjorden, Måsøy, Finnmark		Wild Chives - sibirgrasløk (Allium schoenoprasum ssp. sibiricum), Porsangerfjorden, Lakselv, Finnmark
Gjesvær, Nordkapp, Finnmark		Gjesværstappen
Boat trip to Gjesværstappan, Nordkapp		Gjesvær
Large Pink - silkenellik (Dianthus superbus), Porsangerfjorden, Lakselv, Finnmark		Moor-king - kongsspir (Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum), Børselv, Lakselv
Bakfjorden, Måsøy		The Coastal Express, Honningsvåg, Finnmark
Dried cod, Honningsvåg		Nordkapp, northernmost point in mainland Europe
Tana River, Tana, Finnmark. The site for the ice-brigde across the Tana River during winter		Tana River
Arctic fog, Nesseby, Finnmark		Wild Thyme - tanatimian (Thymus serpyllum ssp. tanaensis), Tana River
Watching birds and whales in Varangerfjorden, east of Ekkerøy, Vadsø		Sand dunes at Komagvær, Vardø, Finnmark
Persfjord, Vardø		Road to Hamningberg, Vardø
Hamningberg, Båtsfjord		Barvikmyra, Vardø
Long-bracted Green Orchid - grønnkurle (Coeloglossum viride), Sandfjorden, Båtsfjord		Reindeer (Rangifer tarangus)
Valen, Vardø. Some "old" images from this town when I lived there can be seen here		Vardø summer 2013. The controversial Globus II radar (Have Star Radar, important for the US anti-russian ballistic missile defense) in the background
Vardø		I used to live in this house (in 1995-96). What was I thinking, the great outdoors..
Vardø art		Vardø art
Hornøya, the easternmost place in Norway		Reindeer, Sandfjorden, Båtsfjord
The old Rowan tree (rogn), once the only tree in Vardø municipality, was gone. Vardøhus festning		Vardøhus festning
View of the Barents Sea from Domen, Vardø		Bugøynes, Sør-Varanger, Finnmark
King Crab pods, Kirkenes, Sør-Varanger		This is the border between Norway and Russia (the border runs in the middle of the river). Grense Jakobselv, Sør-Varanger
Marsh Labrador Tea - finnmarkspors (Ledum palustre), Pasvik, Sør-Varanger		Stoat - røyskatt (Mustela erminea), Sør-Varanger
Kong Oscar II kapell, Grense Jakobselv, Sør-Varanger		Nickel, very polluted russian town, from Hill 96, Pasvik, Sør-Varanger
Sydvaranger Gruver, Kirkenes, mining an iron ore and releasing large amounts of chemicals (Magnafloc 1707) into Bøkfjorden		Bøkfjorden, Sør-Varanger, polluted by minig activity
Border control on the Pasvik River, Sør-Varanger		Track towards Treriksrøysa, where Norway, Finland and Russia meet, Pasvik
Skrøytnes, Pasvik, Sør-Varanger		Pasvik
Pasvik		Pasvik