Norway - Day 1: Svartisen Glacier

Gonna have a week of pictures from a trip to Norway a year ago, as I'd like to share some of the beautiful sights and scenery that we encountered on our journey.

Svartisen is a collective term for two glaciers located in northern Norway. The system consists of two separate glaciers,
Vestre (western) Svartisen (221 km2), which is the second largest glacier on the Norwegian mainland (there are larger glaciers on Svalbard, Iceland and Novaya Zemlya) after Jostedalsbreen
Østre (eastern) Svartisen (148 km2), which is the country's fourth largest.

There are also a number of minor glaciers in the area, such as Glombreen in the northern part of Meløy, and Simlebreen in Beiarn. One of the outlet glaciers of Svartisen, Engabreen ends at the lowest point of any glacier on the European mainland, at 20 meters above sea level (in 2007). The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate has monitored the glacier mass balance of the glacier since 1970 and operates a sub-glacial laboratory beneath Engabreen.

Svartisen is part of Saltfjellet-Svartisen national park, located in the Saltfjell mountain range.

Water from the glacier is collected and used for hydropower production via runoff into the streams and lakes and through intakes borred beneath Engabreen.

The name:

The first element is svart 'swart, black', the last element is the finite form of is m 'ice; glacier'. The old ice of the glacier is considerably darker than fresh ice and newfallen snow.

[Hazel]

What a good idea! A majestic glacier and I'm particularly interested in the info about its name - thank you.

[Sue]

Awesome shot Darren, it looks like an amazing place. I'll look forward to seeing you week of Norway (:

[Camerada]

what an amazing landscape!
beautiful!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Stunning & beautiful place !!

[Hazel A]

Awesome shot. Love all the blues

[cheryl]

beautifuly stunning. fav

[Marloes]

Love it. Such beatiful patches of blue on the glacier and in the air!

[Janette]

Looks absolutely beautiful, looking forward to the week ahead.

[Carol W]

We went there last year and that blue ice is fabulous. Great shot, love the beautiful water with its reflection of the colours. fav

[Rachel Mackenzie]

Amazing capture! Love everything about it. Massive FAV and now following.

[Sue Wilde]

This is an awesome shot Darren

[Trisha King]

Fantastic, will look forward to seeing Norway through your camera.

[Kathy A]

Fabulous shot.

[Debbie]

that looks gorgeous - lovely photo

[Ann Stenson]

What an amazing sight & brilliant info Darren, Thank you so much for sharing these with us! : )

[Paul Gardner]

Awesome!

[Siobhán]

Such a beautiful shot

[Liane]

gorgeous, makes me want to go there. fav!

[bkb in the city]

Great shot. Looking forward to these pictures

[Angela]

Just stunning.

[Jhed Diaz]

Great photo =] I just really love it. Nice sight. Wish I can be there someday!

[Nita]

This is such a gorgeous photograph. Well done.

[Jennifer]

Beautiful photo. Now following you.

[Mary Karczynski]

absolutely stunning!!

[Chippy Minton]

Pretty darned cool scenery shot Darren, looking forward to the rest of the series

[jayn]

Beautiful scenic shot, Darren. I love the colours. Fav

[Therese]

This is really gorgeous!!!!! FAV!!!!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful! Looking forward to see more pictures from the country I come from.

[Loopy-Lou]

Awesome shot, Very beautiful!

[Paul "Snapchap" Everest]

What an amazing shot! Love the monochrome feel even though it isn't mono!

[Tara]

This is beautiful! Thanks for all of the information too. I look forward to the rest of your shots!

[Simply Amanda]

Stunning scene. I'd love to see that live someday!

[Dandolo]

Beautiful and strange scene. Thanks for the explanation - it adds a lot to know what you're looking at.

[Pam Knowler]

Stunning image!! Looking forward to your week in Norway!!

[Sarah Munnings]

Beautiful, looks absolutely stunning....a place to visit in the future me thinks :)

[Frank Hymus]

Wonderful image of the sea and the rock arch.

[Kev]

Great shot, Darren.

[Gena Pegg]

So beautiful! I have Norway on m list...as I am at least 1/4 Norwegian and would love to visit the old family homestead. Really lovely capture. FAV!

[Dakotaburns]

Terrific shot; this looks like an amazing place.

[eDorre]

Gorgeous! Great composition and lovely textures!

[Katterina ❥]

Amazing scene!FAV*)

[lunaksi]

Oh, I'm so happy you'll be sharing these photos with us!!! I just love glaciers and everything that comes with them (ice, fjords, moraines, etc) - never been to Norway (but I'm in love with Iceland for now, LOL, so keep going there), but I definitely plan to go there once...
And this is... well, the least I can say is: magnificent landscape and absolutely perfect capture, but it's actually much, much more... I love it! fav!

[Elin G. Reppe]

Norway! :) Great shot!

[colie (Nichole Stewart)]

Stunning!

[Wendy]

Beautiful shot and a fav and follow!

[Paul Gardner]

another one on the pp, well deserved too

[Ragnhild :)]

Stunning shot!

[Darren Juden]

@quietpurplehaze thanks Hazel :)

[Darren Juden]

@redpants thanks Sue - looking forward to showing More pics :)

[Darren Juden]

@camerada thanks matey :)
@beryl it's a beautiful place

[Darren Juden]

@stimuloog it's was an awesome trip - such a stunning place!
@jetpics thanks kindly - it's amazing!!

[Darren Juden]

@sturnus i wanna go back!! Thanks for your fave :))

[Darren Juden]

@rachelmackenzie thanks Rachel kindly for follow and fav :)

[Darren Juden]

@swilde thank you :)
@dishpix thanks kindly Trisha - hope you enjoy the week :)

[Darren Juden]

@kjarn @stoat thanks goes to you both for commenting :)

[Darren Juden]

@annbo glad you enjoyed the shot :)

[Darren Juden]

@siobhn thanks kindly :)

[Darren Juden]

@lfrans do it as soon as you can!! Thanks for the fav :)

[Darren Juden]

@bkbinthecity @angelar thank you both for your kind words :)

[Darren Juden]

@jheddiaz thank you :)

[Darren Juden]

@sansjuan thanks kindly for stoping by to comment :)

[Darren Juden]

@jesperani thanks kindly Jennifer for commenting and following :)

[Darren Juden]

@mak2 thank you :)

[Darren Juden]

@ch1ppy_m1nton cheers matey - looking forward to visiting again one day with a better camera!!

[Darren Juden]

@jaynspain thanks and thanks again for the fav :)

[Darren Juden]

@monkeykid Therese thank you kindly for the comment and fav!

[Darren Juden]

@elisasaeter thank you - can't wait to get back there!!

[Darren Juden]

@bizziebeeme thank you so much for commenting :)

[Darren Juden]

@steampowered cheers matey :)

[Darren Juden]

@tara11 thanks - hope you enjoy the series :)
@amandal couldn't recommend it highly enough :)

[Darren Juden]

@dandolo glad it helped - my jaw dropped as soon as we arrived !!

[Darren Juden]

@pamknowler thanks Pam - hope you enjoy :)

[Darren Juden]

@pixiemac you won't regret it!!

[Darren Juden]

@frankhymus thanks kindly Frank :)

[Darren Juden]

@snaggy cheers kindly matey :)

[Darren Juden]

@eyesmile thanks Gena - do it!! :))

[Darren Juden]

@dakotaburns it's amazing!!

[Darren Juden]

@edorreandresen thank you for commenting :)

[Darren Juden]

@katerinatina thank you and massive thanks for the fav :))

[Darren Juden]

@lunaksi I plan on visiting Iceland soon - glad it comes recommended :) thanks for your fav :)

[Darren Juden]

@elinreppe thanks it's a mega place :))

[Darren Juden]

@colie thanks kindly :)

[Darren Juden]

@exposure4u thanks for the comment and follow :)

[Darren Juden]

@exposure4u and fav :)

[Darren Juden]

@ragnhildmorland thank you :))

[Christine]

Beautiful

[Barbara Havrot]

Gorgeous! Love the pics of Norway, my maternal grandparents are from there!

[Jacqui Paterson]

Wow fabulous shot. What a beautiful place.

[Al Bailey]

The commentary is so interesting .... as for the shot! awesome! :)

[Darren Juden]

@chris17 was indeed :)

[Darren Juden]

@havrotb I fell in love with it almost straight away! But expensive though :(

[Darren Juden]

@witchyjacq thanks kindly for commenting :)

[Darren Juden]

@willowdragon cheers Al :)

[Mike]

Beautiful Darren but so cold looking

[Bente Kristin Oyen]

Great shot ! Lovely pictures of my home country ☺