Svalbard to Tromso

reindeer baby backs - aging

no one leaves town without a rifle

no one can be born in Svalbard, nor - old graves notwithstanding - can one now be buried

awesome airport parking lot

continental Norway

Lofoten

Lofoten island chain - Bjerkvik to A

Reine i Lofoten

Sue in the Reine rorbu

Norwegians prefer shrimp to mustard 

Whale steak - does not taste like chicken

Sue and the cod racks

the cod

graveyard in Reine

Bendik Andreassen - cod fisherman - 105 yrs 

Reine high school soccer field

 seawall rock

Sue contemplates her climb

 climbs

3 views of Reine 

A i Lofoten

farm to table in A

Vaeroy Island

kitchen window looking west

 photo op barely tolerated

Andoya coast, 69 degrees north

 ... and one of its perfect arctic beaches

mural - Andenes elementary school

arctic whale mobile

Segna Island

home of your farm-raised Norwegian salmon 

Hamm i Segna

Svalbard 3

Nordenskiold Glacier

Pyramiden 

 Isfjord - midnight