Sep 19, 2006 - Fausko - Ecounter with a Moose!

Another night train and I am in Fausko to take a bus to Narvik. This is where the railway stops and all further travel needs to be by bus. During the night I have crossed the Artic Circle, no midnight sun though, wrong time of year. It's raining, although not heavily and as we progress northerly along the coast the rain stops and Norway's spectacular glacial scenery is revealed to me. Years ago, at school and during my degree there were many lessons on glacial geomorphology. In order to demonstrate such things as eskers, hanging valleys and...