by Lyonel Perabo | Sep 25, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
With the joint development of the Internet and digital photography, pictures of Northern Lights are easy to come by. This wasn’t the case in the previous centuries though, and artists of these times had only one way to capture the iridescent beauty of the Aurora...
by Lyonel Perabo | Sep 15, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
Who doesn’t know about Reindeer? The horned animal is considered by many a symbol of the Arctic which can be found all over the Arctic and has become entwined with the way of life of Polar peoples in various fascinating ways. Fifteen-thousand years ago,...
by Lyonel Perabo | Aug 28, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
August nights in Arctic Norway don’t tend to be particularly dark. During the last days of the month, it can only be truly called night for a few hours around midnight. Still, in this darkness, a new light arises, a light that hasn’t been seen in many...
by Lyonel Perabo | Aug 25, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
During the long Cold War, Norway, as a member of NATO and direct neighbor to the Soviet Union, was in a crucial and critical position. Unwilling to leave their country unprotected in case of a conflict, Generals and other officials decided to establish a formidable...
by Lyonel Perabo | Jul 29, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
Despite being isolated from mainland Europe, North-Norway has managed to attract a surprisingly large amount of kings, princes and other emperors. So why exactly do royals keep on visiting the Norwegian Arctic? Depends, some come for war, others for love, and a good...
