Helsinki The skyline of Helsinki Finland and the Baltic Sea beyond on March 12, 2012. Taken from the Atelje Bar on top of Hotel Torni just after sunset. ISO 100, f/7.1, 4.0s I spent the day recovering from the last few weeks of the crazy. I took a long walk, visited the old neighborhood, went [...]
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Saltstarumen Sound, Norway
In Moby Dick, Melville told us about the “Norway maelstrom”. Well, this is it. For over two-thousand years this amazing place has gripped the northern mind. Located at the base of the 250 million year old Caledonian Fold Belt Mountains you can find the Saltstarumen in Norland, about 30km southeast of the small city of [...]
Sweden’s Unsustainable Logging Practices
Guest Post by Erik Hoffner Before departing for a recent reporting assignment for Yale Environment 360 reporting on Sweden’s forestry industry I read Jim O’Donnell’s book that chronicles his 1500-mile trek across Finland. Biodiversity activist Olli Manninen What Jim described in Notes for the Aurora Society was good background for me and echoed what I [...]
Erik Hoffner: Sweden’s Green Veneer Hides Unsustainable Logging Practices
Anyone who regularly reads this blog knows that I am a lover of both Finland and Scandinavia in general. I’ve spent so much time in the north of Europe that it is very much like my second home – my children are Finnish citizens. But for goodness sake, I have never been able to comprehend [...]
Archaeology, Environment, Travel and Weirdness – Friday News Roundup
It is snowing on the mountain this morning and I’ll be heading out to take pictures soon after the light. All yesterday the sky spit rain and tiny balls of ice. The wind blew. The air was chilly. I’ll be back in Finland next March…when it is still so cold. Most Finns just embrace it. [...]
Finland’s Kvarken Archipelago
The m/s Tiira leaves several times a day from the dock in Vasa. The small tour boat holds about thirty and most tend to be Finns. There are the older women’s groups on their weekly excursion, the small families out to see a few birds, a romantic couple or two and, of course, those looking [...]
My Shot of the Day: Tonight’s Sunset in Vasa. Finland
My final days in Finland for this year. I’ve spent time with great friends and met some new, wonderful people. And I’ve seen even more of this great place. I cant wait to come back.
My Shot of the Day: Swimming At Hietasaari. Vasa. Finland.
Suomen Suvi – Sweet Summer in Finland
UPDATED! Join Me at the Saltstarumen Sound, NORWAY for the Second Annual Obscura Day
(LEAVE A MESSAGE ON THIS POST IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT JOIN!) In cooperation with the fun-loving and ever curious folks at Atlas Obscura and in celebration of the Second Annual Obscura Day, April 9, 2011, I will lead two groups to visit the Saltstarumen Sound near Bodo, Norway. Located in Norland, the Saltstarumen Sound [...]
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Spring Rainstorm Pictures – My Shot of the Day – April 1, 2013
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Seeking Some Sassy Ceviche at the Fish Market in Panama City
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Arabian Sea Sunset
