Norway and Svalbard Voyage Accounts
Have a website that describes your voyage to areas covered by the Norwegian Cruising Guide? Let us know and we will add it to this page.
For resources to help you prepare for a voyage to Norway and Svalbard, see our Norway and Svalbard Voyage Planning page.
Birge Sigety:
http://narnialog.spaces.live.com/ chronicles the Sigety family's travels in Norway in 2007 and 2008. Just follow the links under 'Categories'.
Clive and Francesca Woodman:
www.nordic-odyssey.com describes
their 2003/04 skiing/sailing circumnavigation of Norway. The sailing part
of the expedition was in a 19ft-long traditional gaff-rigged Cornish
shrimper.
www.cosmic-dancer.com documents their voyage to Norway and Spitsbergen in 2009.
Erik Aaseth:
www.pbase.com/eaaseth/root features Erik's fantastic pictures from Norway and Jan Mayen.
Gerhard & Lizzi Piessenberger:
www.lentia.dk features a slideshow from their 2008 cruise in Norway. Click on a picture and then start the slideshow.
Hendrik Ewert:
http://photobuttik.lu/norw2006 chronicles his journey along Norway's coast and up to Svalbard in photographs.
Jarle and Berit Land:
www.land.no features photographs from North Norway—they live in Bergsfjord, Norway—and from their many sailing voyages in Norway and Svalbard.
Jim and Jean Foley:
www.foleysail.com documents their many cruises along with their photographs. Follow the link to Archives and read about their 2009 journey to Svalbard and along Norway's coast.
Johann Hustadnes:
www.hustadnes.net contains numerous photos of Johann's many adventures, including visits to Jan Mayen and Svalbard.
John Harries and Phyllis Nickel:
www.johnharriesphotography.com has a number of photo galleries including images taken during the two years we spent in Norway and Svalbard.
Marc Decrey and Sylvie Cohen:
http://chamade.ch contains photographs from their 2008 summer in Svalbard. In 2009 they successfully completed an expedition to the White Sea and Russia in an effort to raise money for heart transplantation.
Marc Perrussel:
http://volumondu.over-blog.com contains
Marc's photographs and blog (in French and English) about his
travels on his MERCATOR 105 Vò lu mondu. He spent the winter of
2009/10 living in Svolvær, Norway on his boat.
Marguerite Jost Kjelsberg and Bjørn Kjelsberg:
www.morgenstjernen.ch describes their several seasons in Norway and Svalbard with voyage reports in both German and French, studded with many photos. You can read their blog in French at http://voile.romandie.com.
Mark van de Weg:
www.jonathanadventuresailing.com contains photographs, videos and descriptions of Mark's many nothern adventures, including a winter spent frozen into the ice in Svalbard.
Michael and Martina Haferkamp:
www.polaris-sail.de contains many photographs and written accounts in German of their voyages in Norway and Svalbard, including a winter cruise in Lofoten.
Maarten IngenHousz:
www.ingenhousz.nl contains an eBook of his trip from the Netherlands as far north as Tromsø and back to the Netherlands. Just click on 'Lofoten 2009'. The text is in Dutch with numerous photographs.
Neil and Helen McCubbin:
http://mccubbin.ca/Christmas%2009/Scotland%2009/Scotland09%20main.htm describes
their 2009 cruise of the
Sognefjord and north to Ålesund.
Norma and Jon Erik Saugen:
www.sillerlass.no has accounts from many of their voyages, including numerous photos. They live in Åsgårdstrand, Norway and spent the summer of 2009 sailing north as far as Bodø, visiting as many of the off-lying islands as possible.
Vigdis and Øyvind Prytz:
http://www.sailblogs.com/member/syfrid/ is a blog in Norwegian with some English describing the Prytz family's sailing trips. The plan for 2010 is to sail from Bodø to Lofoten and then to Oslo.