by Lyonel Perabo | Jun 9, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
Intellectuals from the Medieval Islamic world were among the wisest and most knowledgeable of their time and some were extremely well-informed about the mysterious North, the land of the Northern Lights and the Polar Night. In the year 922, the Iraqi dignitary and...
by Lyonel Perabo | May 24, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
It’s hard to understand how huge Northern Lights actually are. The beautiful beams of light can indeed stretch thousands of kilometres across the skies and be simultaneously seen in many different lands. Even after witnessing the beauty of the Polar...
by Lyonel Perabo | May 10, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
Some absolutely amazing Auroras illuminated the nights of Arctic Norway this winter, but now that spring is here and summer is coming next, where has the Aurora gone? In Tromsø, in the heart of North Norway, the last Northern Lights of the season appeared in...
by Lyonel Perabo | Apr 13, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
An Eighth-century scholar from Northern Italy tells the Northern Lights tales of his people. Most people nowadays have never heard about Paulus Diaconus (Paul the Deacon) but back in the days, he was one of the most influential men of letters in Europe. Paul the...
by Lyonel Perabo | Mar 3, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
Only a tiny percentage of people on Earth have ever had the chance of seeing the magnificent Northern Lights. However, with the aid of modern digital photography and the internet, many have been able to look at pictures of the phenomenon. Still the experience...
