Cars are smaller here. This was taken on our arctic trip - yes it was cold. And it is rare that I am taller than the car. The size of the car was fine - it was the tires that worried me, because while many of the roads were good (if slow), dirt roads (and those still with snow on them) were a little trickier.
This was taken on a birdnesting island - so close to puffins! It was quite something to see so many seabirds at one time. The reason to go to the arctic in the spring is because so many different kinds of birds nest there and so you get to see birds that are hard to see anywhere else and you see them in breeding plumage - spectacular.
Here is David in full birding gear - it really wasn't too cold right there - we were comfortable, but unwilling to take off any clothing!
This is coming to the end of the road on the Veranger Fjord in arctic Norway. The scenery was incredible - jagged gray and pink rocks everywhere - a very harsh landscape dotted with houses. At the end of the road you are facing the Barents Sea (or the Arctic Ocean). We put our hands in as we really didn't want to take off our shoes or anything else. David remarked on the fact that in the US this particular scenic area would have been a national park, but here it was just a mention in the tour guide.
Cars are smaller here. This was taken on our arctic trip - yes it was cold. And it is rare that I am taller than the car. The size of the car was fine - it was the tires that worried me, because while many of the roads were good (if slow), dirt roads (and those still with snow on them) were a little trickier.
Here is David in full birding gear - it really wasn't too cold right there - we were comfortable, but unwilling to take off any clothing!
This is coming to the end of the road on the Veranger Fjord in arctic Norway. The scenery was incredible - jagged gray and pink rocks everywhere - a very harsh landscape dotted with houses. At the end of the road you are facing the Barents Sea (or the Arctic Ocean). We put our hands in as we really didn't want to take off our shoes or anything else. David remarked on the fact that in the US this particular scenic area would have been a national park, but here it was just a mention in the tour guide.
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