The close-up on the glacier

The blueness of the ice results from the same effect as the blueness of the sky. As the light ray passes through the ice it gets scattered. As the shorter wavelengths are scattered more, more blue light reaches our eyes from the ice. However, by picking a small lump of ice one can see that the ice - like the air - is in fact colourless.

Breheimen (en)

July 30th 2019
Breheimen means home of glaciers. Despite the fact that the largest glacier in continental Europe - Jostedalsbreen - lies just outside of Breheimen to the west, the area contains a number of smaller glaciers on top of flattened mountains up to 2000m high. Furthermore, Breheimen offers very reasonable, several days long trails, in between which one can spend a night at a campsite (which means showe ... read more

Europe » Norway

Two centuries of Viking raids into Europe tapered off following the adoption of Christianity by King Olav TRYGGVASON in 994. Conversion of the Norwegian kingdom occurred over the next several decades. In 1397, Norway was absorbed into a union with De... ... read more

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