Arctic Circle

On July 23th, 2009, we entered the Arctic Circle by flying from Oslo to Alta, Norway.
This collection of photographs were taken during our 3 days of contiuous daylight.

The Rock Carvings in Alta Museum is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
These carvings date to as early as 4000BC.


Since many of these carvings are very faint, they added this red color to make is more visible.








Hammerfest, which claims to be the northernmost city in the world


Hammerfest Church




View of Hammerfest from Salen


The Meridian Column, listed on UNESCO World Heritage List


Reindeer in the Arctic Circle


Watching the midnight sun at Nordkapp, the northernmost point of continental Europe






Reindeers causing a road block.




Fish Drying Racks






Midnight sun at Ivalo, Finland






Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland
















Sammi people at Reindeer Park in Finland








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