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 | Jun 24, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
For Millenia the inhabitants of Arctic Norway have lived by and for the sea. In the unforgiving northern landscape where the soil gives only meager means for survival, the men and women of this land lived to harvest the sea. In the Bronze and Iron Age, more...
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 | Apr 20, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
Óðinn is often described as the chief God of the Norsemen and what’s more fitting for a chief than drinking fine wines? A noble activity that was enthusiastically embraced by his many followers as well. Vikings and other Norsemen loved their alcohol and...
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...