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Ice Age (Part 2)
With routes and tunnel access seemingly well-planned—or so we thought—we embarked on our journey at the stroke of 10:00 AM, as rain and...
Richard Mark Dobson
Sep 25, 20235 min read


Ice Age (Part 1)
They had cautioned us, the Norse Gods and our well-meaning friends, 'Norway—brace for the theatrical weather.' Rain. Cold. Over the past...
Richard Mark Dobson
Sep 24, 20235 min read


The Hunter Gatherer
Views across to Norway from Kåtaviken Sweden. A primordial landscape, that shouts back to the age of ice and the times of...
Richard Mark Dobson
Sep 20, 20238 min read


Here in my Car, I feel safest of all !
Ajmal Samuel pauses for a break besides the beautiful lake Stensele, some 20km before rest camp at Storuman. 'Here in my car, I feel...
Richard Mark Dobson
Sep 18, 20236 min read


The Unbelievable Lightness of Being
In the realm of Norse mythology, where gods and giants once roamed, a unique kind of light bathes the landscape. It's an otherworldly...
Richard Mark Dobson
Sep 15, 20234 min read


An Ode to the Norse Waterworld
Reed beds on the Fjärdsminnet, besides Vaasa old town harbour. Vaasa. Finland. In the midst of our epic odyssey, a pause arrives—a...
Richard Mark Dobson
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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