Arctic Edge Svalbard

My favourite beanie and neckwarmer all the way from Svalbard via New Zealand made by Arctic Edge. A friend brought these back from a family trip to Svalabard for me because I wished I had bought it when I was there myself in 2015 for the Solar Eclipse. Now I've got my own Svalbard beanie.

Monet

A spectacular Monet to admire.

Are We Dancers?

The Killers wrote a song a few years back called Are we human? The chorus asked, 'are we human, or are we dancers?' Perhaps it was inspired by these two dancers by Henri Matisse.

Skrik

The famous Scream by Edvard Munch.

Melancholy

In the Munch Museum of Oslo there are many paintings by Edvard Munch. This is one of his lesser famous works, but remarkable just the same.

Eclipse Review

A wide angle view of the the Svalbard 2015 total solar eclipse. This video lets you see and feel the atmosphere of the event as it happened at the Isfjord radio station.

Eclipsed Solar Disc

The third contact of the Total Solar Eclipse of March 20, 2015. This was recorded from Isfjord radio station on Spitzbergen Island, Svalbard. This is a still taken from the video on yesterday's post. The digital recording does not do the experience of seeing the eclipse justice. It is far more stunning to be present to witness the eclipse and especially so at this remarkable location.

Svalbard Total Solar Eclipse

This video shows a replay of the total solar eclipse on Svalbard, Friday March 20, 2015. The video was recorded with a 200mm lens and Canon 60D DSLR on a fixed tripod. It was taken from the Isfjord radio station south west of Longyearbyen, almost on the centre line of the eclipse. I was one of a lucky few who took a Basecamp Explorer expedition trip to Isfjord to see the eclipse.

Arctic Water

The arctic waters of Svalbard, 1300 kilometres from the North Pole. It is definitely cold up here. And a long way north. And an almost literal polar opposite to Mount Isa.

Frozen Pipe

Even in a remote location 78 degrees above the equator, one can find a skate park. This is my most unexpected find in Longyearbyen on the Svalbard Islands of Norway.

Aurora Dreaming

A jacket, about to return to its spiritual home in Norway.

Video

A video of still frames taken of the aurora and stars in Tromso, Norway.

Star Trails

Some star trails looking south from near Tromso. You can see the bright light of Jupiter top left, and the constellation of Orion is bottom right of centre, just scraping along the horizon. The trails appear almost horizontal at this point due to the unique geometry of spherical globes.

Barents Sea

The Barents Sea in Kirkenes, Norway. This was the furthest north I headed on my aurora chasing journey. From here I could almost smell the North Pole, and the Russian border was only a few kilometres away. The city of Murmansk was a mere 20 km drive across the border.

Aurora Borealis

An hour's drive northwest of Tromsø with greenfoxguiding we came to this quiet spot by the arctic sea and waited patiently in the cool wind for the magnetic sky show to begin. We were graced by a wonderful display.

God Jul! (Merry Christmas)

Merry Christmas from a white snow Tromsø in Norway.