Friday, September 23, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
"My" beautiful ship is burning! - Updated
At 09.30 this morning the ship MS Nordlys, belonging to Hurtigruten (The Norwegian Coastal Voyage) caught fire. It happened just outside the city of Aalesund on the western coast of Norway, so that help was close at hand. The passengers were speedily evacuated, bur I'm sorry to have to tell you that two of the crew are dead and about ten are in hospital with fire related injuries. At the moment the fire (in the engine room) is not under full control, but one hopes to have it soon. The local Fire brigade, with reinforcements from other cities, the Navy and Coast Guard are assisting, as well as medical personnel, police etc. The photo above is from NRK (The Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation), and more can be found here.
I feel I have a personal relationship with this ship: Two and a half months ago we travelled all the way from Bergen to Kirkenes with this ship. We had a wonderful trip aboard a wonderful ship (the photo below was shot at Kirkenes). In addition, it has passed beneath my windows innumerable times. It is a sad day.Updated! The fire on the ship was luckily extinguished and all the passengers were evacuated without any large problems. However, shortly after the fire the ship developed a bad list to the port side - more than 20 degrees - due to the fire. After extensive work by competent personell, they managed to stabilize the ship. It is at present still in Aalesund awaiting repair.
I hope some day to make another trip.
At the same time I wish to thank you for all the nice comments!
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Red Toadstool - "Rød fluesopp"
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Bounty
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Friday, September 02, 2011
Autumn Light
Above is one of our "sacred" mountains, Fløyen, basking in the evening sun.
A nice week-end to all who passes by!
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