Norway 45 photos

M/Y Solace sits small beneath an enormous vertical rock wall in a narrow fjord under low cloud.

90no named location

Strong scale juxtaposition, moody; narrow-fjord walls not nameable from frame

A row of serrated coastal peaks runs out to sea beyond a steep green-streaked cliff face, likely Okshornan on Senja, northern Norway.

88Okshornan, Senja medium

Same toothed sea-ridge as two other frames here; matches Okshornan profile

A line of sharp horn-shaped peaks rises straight out of the sea along a green coastal ridge under high cloud, likely Okshornan on Senja, Norway.

88Okshornan, Senja medium

Distinctive row of teeth rising from open sea matches Okshornan; not provable

A two-masted sailing yacht lies at anchor mid-channel in a hazy fjord between layered forested walls, Norway.

86no named location

Small vessel against big receding fjord walls; fjord not identifiable

M/Y Solace lies in a very narrow fjord between two vertical rock walls under heavy cloud, Norway.

86no named location

Extremely narrow vertical-walled inlet; candidate Trollfjord, not provable

Backlit evening light silhouettes a row of jagged peaks dropping to the sea, likely Okshornan on Senja, Norway.

86Okshornan, Senja medium

Same peak row as the daylight frame, warmer light; Okshornan profile, unproven

A knife-edge ridge runs down to a turquoise fjord seen from a summit, with rank after rank of coastal peaks beyond, northern Norway.

86Okshornan, Senja low

Summit panorama over a green fjord; reads Senja area but no provable feature

A Eurasian lynx walks through grass in a birch wood and looks at the camera, a captive animal, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

86Polar Park, Bardu high

Best lynx frame here but a park animal, not usable as a wild sighting

The motor yacht Solace lies in a narrow steep-walled fjord with her name lit amber on the hull, Norway.

85no named location

SOLACE is the vessel name, not a place; narrow inlet unnamed

Backlit sun burns behind a row of sharp coastal peaks above red timber houses and a low causeway bridge, Norway.

84no named location

Jagged sea peaks plus rorbuer read northern coast; no nameable feature

A single orca dorsal fin cuts the water below a rain-shrouded coastal mountain and low granite skerries, Norway.

84Okshornan, Senja low

Animal small in a big moody coastal scene, the scale pairing Carson favours

A Eurasian lynx sits upright in long grass among birch trunks, a captive animal in warm side light, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

84Polar Park, Bardu high

Clean portrait but a park animal; same birch enclosure as the other lynx frames

Three Eurasian lynx rest and stand in a grassy birch grove, captive animals at close range in daylight, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

84Polar Park, Bardu high

Three lynx together with worn paths; solitary in the wild, so an enclosure

A Lofoten fishing village mirrors in a glassy harbour, with boats along the quay and cloud-wrapped granite peaks behind.

82no named location

Reads Lofoten from peaks and quay houses; specific village not provable

Two Eurasian lynx stand and sit in a grassy birch grove, captive animals unbothered by the camera, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

82Polar Park, Bardu high

Two lynx together in daylight, calm and close; enclosure animals, never a wild scene

An Atlantic puffin flies low over choppy blue sea with a beakful of small fish.

80no named location

Sharp flight shot with prey, open water only, no location signal

A grey wolf stands beside the lens on a birch-covered hillside, close enough to fill half the wide frame, a captive animal, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

80Polar Park, Bardu high

Wide lens at touching distance; same habituated pack, an enclosure not a wild wolf

The expedition yacht Hanse Explorer lies close under a steep wall carrying a hanging glacier and a waterfall, Norway.

80no named location

Hull name is the vessel, not a place; vegetated walls rule out Svalbard

A white sand beach with dark tilted rock fins runs into clear shallow water below a bank of sea fog, northern Norway.

78Okshornan, Senja low

Arctic white-sand beach with fog bank; treeless coast, no nameable feature

A Eurasian lynx peers up from behind a birch trunk, a captive animal photographed at close range, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

78Polar Park, Bardu high

Lynx are near unphotographable at this range outside a park; enclosure animal

A grey wolf howls with its head thrown back, shot from below on a wide lens at arm's length, a captive animal, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

78Polar Park, Bardu high

Wide-angle at touching distance is only possible with a habituated park wolf

A still river runs between stone embankments to a road bridge at the head of a steep valley, with turf-roofed buildings on one bank and a hotel on the other, Norway.

76no named location

Turf roofs plus hotel at a fjord-head valley; village not provable from frame

A large whirlpool turns in a fast tidal channel below a high concrete bridge, with white houses on the far shore, Norway.

76Okshornan, Senja low

Tidal maelstrom under a road bridge; Saltstraumen is the obvious candidate, unproven

A whirlpool spins in a fast tidal strait beneath a long concrete bridge, with red and white houses on the far bank, Norway.

76no named location

Near-identical to the other bridge maelstrom frame; Saltstraumen candidate, unproven

A reindeer with antlers still in velvet browses among birch trunks in low backlight, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

76Polar Park, Bardu high

No fence in frame; Norwegian reindeer are herded, so free or captive is undetermined

A grey wolf walks a heather bank under wet birch and pine at dusk, a captive animal at close range, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

76Polar Park, Bardu high

Same habituated pack as the hand-on-wolf frame; park enclosure, not wild

A Eurasian lynx presses its cheek against a birch trunk with its eyes closed, a captive animal at close range, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

76Polar Park, Bardu high

Same lynx and birch trunk as the peering frame; scent-rubbing park animal

A roped party walks up a glacier tongue with a green U-shaped valley and granite slabs behind, Norway.

74no named location

Outlet glacier ending in a green valley; several Norwegian glaciers look identical

M/Y Hanse Explorer sits on mirror-calm turquoise water in a green fjord ringed by snow-streaked ridges, Norway.

74no named location

Glacial-milk water in a wooded fjord; softish compact-camera look, fjord unnamed

Two orcas surface together in grey coastal water with low rocky skerries behind, Norway.

74Okshornan, Senja low

Two dorsal fins, adult and smaller animal; open coast, no place evidence

A musk ox turns its head close to the lens, horn boss and shaggy qiviut filling the frame, with a second animal pressed behind it, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

74Polar Park, Bardu high

Hay strands and animals crowded at lens distance suggest an enclosure; confirm captive

A moose calf lies stretched out in tall grass with its legs folded under it, a captive animal at close range, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

74Polar Park, Bardu high

Same calf and trodden ground as the other lying frames; wildlife park

Four hikers follow a wet path through green scrub in a valley between rock walls, with the sea at the far end, Norway.

74Okshornan, Senja low

People small in a steep green valley; reads coastal north Norway, valley unnamed

A moose cow stands in lush green undergrowth in a birch wood, a captive animal at close range, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

72Polar Park, Bardu high

Habituated moose posing close in a birch enclosure; same park shoot as the lynx

A moose calf rests in green grass and turns its head toward the camera, a captive animal at close range, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

72Polar Park, Bardu high

Same settled calf as the other lying frames; park enclosure, not a wild calf

A grey wolf stands on worn ground while a person reaches out and touches its back, a captive animal at close range, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

70Polar Park, Bardu high

Human hand on the wolf's back; habituated park animal, never a wild encounter

A wide tidal current boils into whirlpools across a strait, with farms and low wooded hills on the far shore, Norway.

70Okshornan, Senja low

Same maelstrom shoot as the bridge frames; strait not provable from pixels

A moose calf lies in grass and broadleaf weeds on trodden bare ground, a captive animal at close range, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

70Polar Park, Bardu high

Trodden bare patches and a settled calf metres away; wildlife park, not a wild calf

Four people in helmets and crampons cross a crevassed blue glacier surface on a rope.

68no named location

Guided glacier walk, ice fills frame, no landform that names the glacier

A sheer buttress of rock streaked with scrub drops straight into calm fjord water, with a snow-flecked ridge beyond.

66no named location

Generic fjord wall from water level, nothing distinguishing in frame

A pale blonde brown bear stands on a fallen log on cropped grass, a captive animal at close range, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

66Polar Park, Bardu high

Cropped grass, worn log, bear calm and very close; reads wildlife park not wild

A flock of gulls feeds on a fast tidal current while visitors watch from the rocks below a timber viewing building, Norway.

60no named location

Visitor platform on the same tidal strait as the maelstrom frames; site unconfirmed

A cream-upholstered tender floats on a line alongside M/Y Solace in flat blue water.

58no named location

Water and tender only, nothing in frame supports Norway either way

A small waterfall drops through ferns and birch scrub on a green mountainside, Norway.

58Okshornan, Senja low

Generic coastal-birch stream, flat light, nothing to place or hold a page

A person rides a zipline above a tall steel-post mesh animal enclosure set in birch woodland, Polar Park, Bardu, Norway.

52Polar Park, Bardu high

The enclosure fence and zipline confirm the wildlife-park shoot behind the predator frames