by Lyonel Perabo | Jul 22, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
More than a century ago, the Norwegian Polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen led a group of bold adventurers where, literally, no-one had gone before: across the ice-sheet of Greenland. Greenland was first discovered in the last years of the Xth Century by Norwegians...
by Lyonel Perabo | Mar 30, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
The ancient sagas are full of heroes, kings and chieftains, fighting for power and glory. Among those champions, the North-Norwegian chieftain Rauðr inn rammi is most famous. Here’s why. The tale of Raud the strong exists in numerous Icelandic sagas. Three slightly...
by Lyonel Perabo | Jan 27, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
In our science-dominated XXIst century just about everyone with access to the internet or a library can learn everything there is to know about the Northern Lights. Like so many once mysterious natural phenomena like the rainbow or thunder, the Northern Lights are now...