tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62643331876696453332024-03-14T03:13:03.712+00:00Slædepatruljen SIRIUSBjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.comBlogger293125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-58739654279185764572016-08-22T00:15:00.001+00:002016-08-22T00:15:10.205+00:00<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="3ipdh" data-offset-key="94p44-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
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Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-14317171591210885962015-08-26T20:29:00.001+00:002015-08-26T20:29:56.861+00:00NE Greenland againTomorrow i will once again be working my way to Greenland and Iceland as a guide onboard The Mv Fram.<br />
The Ice is quite heavy no The Greenland coast, so we will see what we can ;)<br />
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-75456973573562682262015-05-02T13:59:00.002+00:002015-05-02T13:59:29.466+00:00Station NordTomorrow, Sunday May 3rd I will travel to Station Nord at 81.36 North.<br />
I will stay there together with 13 scientists for the next 3 1/2 weeks. My job is to provide the logistics for the researchers. It will be a welcoming break from my normal work days as a Geologist on Svalbard ;)<br />
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Communication to and from the station will be almost zero, due to the remote location.<br />
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Station Nord is a Danish military base, manned by 5 men year round. Their work is to keep the 1800 m long runway open and to provide support for the Sirius sledge patrol.<br />
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Last summer a new research station was built. Every piece of building material was flown in from Svalbard. The name of the station is the Villum Research Station (VRS).<br />
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The first flight to Station Nord was today, with the first batch of scientists and cargo, but due to sudden fog in Greenland, they had to return to Svalbard. There will hopefully be an other go tonight...<br />
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-28958428998140707182014-07-11T09:21:00.001+00:002014-07-11T09:21:39.891+00:00Station Nord og Villum FondenWednesday I was very Lucky to "hitch-hike" With a plane from Longyearbyen to Station Nord (81.36 N) in NE-Greenland.<br />
The weather on Svalbard was not so great, but in Greenland it was fantastic as always ;0)<br />
I spent 8-9 hours there and even met good old friends and had a great time. It was good to see the station area. The last time I was here was early March 2005 and late April 2006. At that time it was -40 degrees Celsius and meters of snow everywhere.<br />
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At the moment 250 tons of materials have been air-lifted from Longyearbyen to Station Nord. This will then be put together for the NeXT six weeks, forming the Villum Research Station at Station Nord.<br />
Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-71681420385249812592014-01-02T11:41:00.001+00:002014-01-02T11:41:15.192+00:00Med-evac from DaneborgThis Morning a Twin Otter from Iceland flew to Daneborg, to evacuate a man with broken lims.<br />
The plane will then return to Akureyri.<br />
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Flying at this time of the year is can be very difficult due to no day-light and bad weather!<br />
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<a href="http://www.ruv.is/frett/sjukraflug-til-graenlands">Twin Otter on the way to Daneborg</a>Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-76989299269881647472014-01-02T11:38:00.002+00:002014-01-02T11:38:20.894+00:00TWO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A TWO (Twin Otter) from the Icelandic company Flugfelag Islands made it on a Greenlandic stamp :D</div>
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-77702968862529167982013-09-04T07:45:00.001+00:002013-09-04T07:46:12.119+00:00Getting ready...Tomorrow I will start my summer vacation by working as a lecturer and guide on a cruise-ship going to NE-Greenland and Iceland.<br />
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A large Search and rescue exercise is ongoing in the fjords of NE-Greenland these days, but will be finished before we reach the coast of Greenland.. There are a lot of people, planes and ships from several nations involved in the exercise. Unfortunately the weather is quite bad at the moment. Hopefully this will change before I come over there.<br />
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Below you will find two links to the exercise, one in Icelandic and one in Danish.<br />
<a href="http://www.lhg.is/frettirogutgafa/frettir/">http://www.lhg.is/frettirogutgafa/frettir/</a><br />
<a href="http://sermitsiaq.ag/emne/sarex-2013">http://sermitsiaq.ag/emne/sarex-2013</a><br />
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Internet connection on my ship will be challenging, so it might be difficult to post on the blog...<br />
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-19077832138102187552013-08-27T07:16:00.003+00:002013-08-27T07:16:54.831+00:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-86847661322800857272013-07-28T08:37:00.000+00:002013-07-28T08:45:46.262+00:00News from JytteYesterday my father called from Dicksonsfjord. Since arriving in Greenland the weather has been extremely good. Only sun shine and temperatures between 18-24 degrees.<br />
They walked up to the mountain Bastionen on Ella Ø, 1367 m in the best weather ever.<br />
Most of the fjord ice has disappeared and they have even seen a polar bear. 10 years ago it was very unusual to meet bears in the summer, but as there is getting less and less sea ice the bears get stranded on land...<br />
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-27136929982589033782013-07-23T21:29:00.002+00:002013-07-23T21:29:21.210+00:00DepartureToday my father and friends left Nyhavn with Jytte. They will stay in the inner parts of the fjords.<br />
The weather is great and most of the sea-ice has disappeared...<br />
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-9416157304957639012013-07-22T09:32:00.003+00:002013-07-22T09:32:37.211+00:00Status of the Malmbjerget deposit<br />
<a href="http://www.quadrafnx.com/our-growth-profile/malmbjerg-project/default.aspx">Malmbjerget report</a><br />
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-21340137877685044872013-07-18T21:43:00.000+00:002013-07-18T21:48:11.546+00:00My father is in Mestersvig<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today my father and four friends flew from Akureyri to Mestersvig via Constable Point, in a Twin Otter (TWO) from Norlandair.<br />
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They will be staying there until the 25th of August and sail around in the fjord and enjoy life, far away from the stressful normal day-life at home.<br />
Here there will be no mobile phones, no internet, no tv, no shops and only a handful of other people. This is paradise, at least for the next five weeks.<br />
They will be sailing around with our boat Jytte. The boat has not been in use for 6 years, so it is about time. There will be some work to get it into ship-shape and put her into the water, but that is all fun work :D<br />
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-65916341830075187992013-07-03T12:13:00.001+00:002013-07-03T12:13:48.358+00:0075 mill til ny forskningsstation på Station Nord<br /><a href="http://villumfonden.dk/C12576AB002B32AB/0/30D4530E7E5A8B74C1257B020048089F?openDocument">75 mill til ny forskningsstation på Station Nord</a><br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-34920051080000623762013-07-03T12:12:00.001+00:002013-07-03T12:12:27.429+00:00Nye forskningsstationer i NØG<br /><a href="http://www.avjf.dk/blog/kronprinsen-indvier-nye-forskningsstationer/">Nye forskningsstationer i NØG</a><br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-36717117774695258042013-07-03T12:09:00.002+00:002013-07-03T12:09:58.259+00:00This could be a good idea to do on MVG, DNB, DMH and Nord<br /><a href="http://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/overige_nyheder/Pages/DronekortlaggerGronnedal.aspx">Mini drones for mapping</a><br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-52884797749816123982013-07-03T12:02:00.001+00:002013-07-03T12:02:50.024+00:00PR video of the Sirius Sled patrol<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3unb3AzmXGs">PR video of the Sirius Sled patrol</a><br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-53686746064416802262013-03-28T13:37:00.002+00:002013-03-28T13:37:59.233+00:00A video about the incident in Wulff Land<a href="http://go.tv2.dk/morgentv/id-66483156.html">SH4 i Wulff Land</a><br />
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Unfortunately only in DanishBjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-86959040908601354072013-03-26T21:59:00.001+00:002013-03-27T13:20:51.038+00:00A sad day...RIPFriday was a sad day for patrol nr. 4 from the Sirius patrol. They got caught in an avalanche and lost 8 of their 12 dogs and some of their equipment. They got evacuated by a TWO from Iceland. It took the plane 28 hours to reach them, as the distance was around 2000 km...<br />
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links below in Danish and Icelandic<br />
<a href="http://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/nationale_opgaver/Pages/Fupperevakueret.aspx">http://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/nationale_opgaver/Pages/Fupperevakueret.aspx</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.n4.is/news/islendingar-bjarga-donskum-hermonnum-i-haska-a-graenlandi/">http://www.n4.is/news/islendingar-bjarga-donskum-hermonnum-i-haska-a-graenlandi/</a><br />
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It is VERY GOOD to have Icelandic friends flying in one of the most harshest parts of the world, always willing to come to your aid :D<br />
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Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-61923550141864937772012-09-22T10:51:00.000+00:002012-09-22T11:32:41.111+00:00Day 14, ReykjavíkA bit delayed I have now managed to post the last day of my trip ;0)<br />
We arrived in the early morning on September 19th at the pier in Reykjavík. The weather was still GREAT, sunny, no wind and around 7 degrees. Most of our passengers went a shore here, but one passenger decided to continue on the next trip to Bergen in Western Norway.<br />
My girlfriend, Anna came on board and had breakfast with us. We brought a dog sledge with us from Greenland which my father had built in 1964 when he was at SIRIUS and later on the sledge was modified and used to transport us children after a snow scooter when we lived in Mestersvig, 1975-78. The sledge was taken apart and stuffed into our small Golf (long sledge!!!) and we drove it to our garage at our apartment in Seltjarnarnes. Here it will be stored until we one day return to Iceland. It will then be refurbished and painted and brought into the living-room where it will serve as a nostalgic icon of my familys´ time in Greenland and as a couch.<br />
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We will now stay in Iceland, having vacation until the 28th and then it´s more or less back to work.<br />
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The blogg will be updated with photographs as soon as I get the pictures sorted and then the blog will be more or less dead until I go to Greenland again (most likely next year ;0))<br />
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Thank you for following my blogg :D<br />
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my other blogg, www.bjarki-iceland.bloggspot.com will off course be updated<br />
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<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-32324903787039567822012-09-18T18:28:00.002+00:002012-09-18T18:31:47.036+00:00Day 13, Grundafjörður
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Early in the morning we sailed into the harbour of the small fishing village
of Grundafjörður on the Snæfellsnes peninsula. The sun was shining and only a
few clouds covered the strato-volcano, Snæfellsjökull.<br />
During the day different groups on the ship departed on boat tour from the
picturesque fishing village of Stykkishólmur and different bus excursions
around the peninsula. The weather was GREAT all day long with no wind and
beautiful warm sun. What a fantastic end to a magnificent journey from Svalbard
along the coast of NE Greenland ending in Iceland.<br />
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To night we sail southwards to Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland where our
guests and some of our guides will disembark and a new journey will begin...<br />
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Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-39224260111145607142012-09-18T18:17:00.002+00:002012-09-18T18:48:06.334+00:00Day 12, IsafjörðurDuring the night we had easy waves so we could have a good sleep over the Denmark Strait!<br />
Clouds were hanging over some of the mountains around Isafjörður, but the weather looked fairly well. The mountains were all covered in snow. Later on I found out how much! I had do do a hike with a group of the passengers, from Isafjörður over the mountains to Hnifsdalur. Due to heavy snow, some where up to our knees and slippery and steep conditions our guide decided to make another tour. We had a great trip with mostly sun walking around in snow for almost 4 1/2 hrs with great views to Isafjörður and the surrounding mountains and fjords.<br />
During the evening we left the pier and set course for Grundafjörður...Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-71910697208322479612012-09-16T18:16:00.005+00:002012-11-30T23:55:39.375+00:00Day 11, Scoresbysund and the Denmark Strait<br />
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the Greenlandic settlement of Scoresbysund. The town was established in 1924 by
Ejnar Mikkelsen. Approximately 460 people live in this settlement, most of them
Greenlandic. The weather was not the best, low clouds with a few rain drops.
During the morning the wind picked up but everyone seemed to be enjouying a
stroll on land and to sea all that the town had to offer. For a Sunday morning
there was an impressive amount of people out-doors to give us a good day in
Scoresbysund. Several puppies were also loose, roaming around trying to get
some attention, which was not difficult!</span></div>
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anchour for the last time in East Greenland and set a course southbound for the
Denmark Strait and Iceland...</span></div>
<br />Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-75597457202516415712012-09-16T16:05:00.000+00:002012-11-30T23:56:10.257+00:00Day 10, Alpefjord and Mestersvig<span style="color: white;"><br /></span>
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the FRAM dropped anchour in the bottom of Alpefjorden. This fjord is a part of
the Staunings Alps, a very alpine and mountainous area. Some of the peaks are
over 2800 m and the landscape is impressive! We lowered our polarcirkel boats
and the passengers got a cruise a long on of the glaciers terminating in the
fjord. The glacier actually two glaciers mergin together. The names are the
Gully Gletcher and the Sefstrøms Gletcher. The weather was a bit cloudy with
light snow showers on the summits. As we sailed out of the fjord and into
Segelselskapets fjord the sun broke through the cloud cover and a spectacular
rock face with many different layers of rocks in different colours were visible
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9uimpmjI0zY/UFpbNa0iYvI/AAAAAAAABFY/wgHW_F0qIp0/s1600/_MG_0965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9uimpmjI0zY/UFpbNa0iYvI/AAAAAAAABFY/wgHW_F0qIp0/s200/_MG_0965.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: white;">We dropped anchour
in Nyhavn, the harbour facilities of the Mestersvig area at1600 hrs. After
landing at the pier with our polarcirkels we were greeted by three of people
living at the Danish Naval Guard at Mestersvig. Mestersvig was built when a
lead and zinc mine was opened in 1950s‘. They needed a harbour to ship the ore
to Europe and an air-field. The mine closed in 1961 but the air-field continued
to operate for the people in Scoresbysund. In 1985 the air-field was closed
down as Scoresbysund got their own air-field in Constable Pynt. The military
then took over the air-field in Mestersvig and has since „guarded“ the air-field
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<span style="color: white;">Unfortunately I did not have time to go to the air-field to take a look :0(</span>Bjarki Friishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512320873823664523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264333187669645333.post-66144433300895064262012-09-14T22:34:00.003+00:002012-09-22T11:29:46.775+00:00Day 9, Blomsterbugten and Ella Ø<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During lunch we sailed slowly towards Ella Ø, passing by fantastic and spectacular Geology of the fjords. Huge ice-bergs were littered in the fjords and some where even grounded.<br />
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Danish naval ship in the morning. they were so kind to let us come into the station and have a look around. We made a 45 min walking tour for our guests and the two dogs even tangled along on the first round. in the mean time, five of the Sirius guys went out on the Fram to look at the ship and ended up in the jacuzzi on deck 7!<br />
While we were at Ella Ø, the sun came and we got perfect conditions. During the evening we lifted the anchor and sailed through Narhval sund, southbound for Alpefjord and Mestersvig...<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--V152sjd76k/UF2fVzcPdZI/AAAAAAAABHU/DVjvBSdCbhg/s1600/_MG_0398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--V152sjd76k/UF2fVzcPdZI/AAAAAAAABHU/DVjvBSdCbhg/s200/_MG_0398.jpg" width="200" /></a>During the night the ship had slowly sailed through the pack-ice and had made it to the mouth of Nordfjord, where they had to use the forward looking sonar to measure the depth further in towards Waltershausen Gletcher. The glacier is 11 km wide and between 5 and 20 m high. The light and weather was great and cruising with the polarcirkel boats along the glacier front was a good way for our guests to see the scenery. The glacier was not very active but the were numerous seals in the water.<br />
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After a short lunch we sailed over to Strindberg, which took us only half an hour. One of our guides, Emanuel said "I see 15 foxes". Later on we found out that there were actually 17 foxes, eating on a carcass of a dead seal. Most of our guests made the walk over to this place to have a good look or a photo or two.<br />
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The landing site was in shadows all the time we where there because the sun is lower on the sky now and high mountains are blocking the last rays. We made a hike to the lake further upstream, approx 9 km back and forth. Quite many guests joined us and we got a good view to the opposite side of the fjord and the inland part of Strindberg. Not to mention a good appetite;0)<br />
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