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VII – Seiland island, Norway
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Just after the Madan trip (see report here) and Crystal Days in Lwówek ¦l±ski we set off in the new direction - northern Norway – to Alta, over 400 km north from the polar circle! Tomasz Praszkier
Map of Europe showing our way to Alta thorugh Oslo; the marked area is shown in the next map. Google Maps.
Map of part of northern Norway with Alta city. Google Maps.
On the way to Alta, view from airplane window. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the way to Alta, view from airplane window. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the way to Alta, view from airplane window. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the way to Alta, view from airplane window. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Landing in Alta. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Liquer store at the airport, very interesting label and very high alcohol prices :) J. Gajowniczek photo.
Center of Alta with a new church. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Church in Alta. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Inside of a very modern church. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Wall of a building with a music store. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Alta was famous for schist used for constructions, monument on the street showing production. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Woman in traditonal Sami clothing. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Bird on Alta street. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Why did we visit this hotel? J. Gajowniczek photo.
The answer is simple - inside there is a mineral collection as a part of decoration! J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big calcite from Malmberget (Sweden) on the exhibition. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Stibnite from Norway on the exhibition. J. Gajowniczek photo.
From Alta we drove to get a ferry in Storekorsen. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the way to the ferry. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the way to the ferry. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Eric and Tom waiting for the boat. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Ferry is coming, Seiland island visible in the background. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Time to load! J. Gajowniczek photo.
Leaving the mainland. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Boat brought us to Altneset stoping in one harbor on the way. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Going to Seiland. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Spectacular views from the ferry. J. Gajowniczek photo.
First closer view to Seiland. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Small harbor - our first stop on Seiland. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Going further to our destination. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the way to Seiland. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the way to Seiland. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Here it is - "our fiord", harbor and village Altneset. J. Gajowniczek photo.
We are on the island, ferry is leaving. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Ferry going back to the mainland. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Walking the only road in southern part of island - only 7 km long. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Beautiful coast. J. Gajowniczek photo.
View from window of our house. J. Gajowniczek photo.
And the most important reason why people visit Seiland. J. Gajowniczek photo.
After ``checking-in`` we visited unusual local museum owned by a local collector - Gunnar, one of only 5 people leaving on island all year long! J. Gajowniczek photo.
Inside the museum. Usually there are only a few visitors per year! What a pity! It is really worth seeing. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Showcases with specimens. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Huge specimen with "butterfly" twin from Malmberget, Sweden. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Another Malmberget calcite with incredible color. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big golden calcite crystal from Malmberget. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Different type of calcite from Malmberget. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Two genereation calcite from Malmberget. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big anatase crystal from Hyrdangervidda, Norway. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Of course in the museum there is a lot of local specimens - big diopside specimen from Seiland. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Finally - zircons from Seiland - one of the big specimens. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big specimen with numerous zircon crystals. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Another great zircon specimen. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Sharp, gemmy zircon crystals. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Another zircon specimen from the museum. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Another zircon specimen from the museum. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Shelf with huge zircon crystals. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Probably the biggest crystal in the museum, about 7 cm high. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Group of zircons crystals up to about 5 cm. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Close-up of the same specimen. J. Gajowniczek photo.
In summer sun is visible on the sky 24h long, so in the night we took a walk to see the island. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Small harbor. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Walking through Seiland island. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Walking through Seiland island. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Walking through Seiland island. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Tom and Erik planning next day trip to the zircon locality. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mushrooms are everywere in Seiland, local people do not pick them - luckily for us. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big mushroom. J. Gajowniczek photo.
A lot of mushrooms :-) J. Gajowniczek photo.
Dinner is comming. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Almost ready! Do you feel the smell? J. Gajowniczek photo.
Next day the weather was great again. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Asia ready to go for zircons! We expected low temperature and strong wind on the top. T. Praszkier photo.
Waiting for the boat. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Waiting for the boat. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Panoramic shot of the fiord. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Boats waiting for us, only the driver is missing :-) J. Gajowniczek photo.
Finally we took a boat from Altneset to the fiord shore from where we climbed about 800 meters up. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Going by boat. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Asia and "sea dog". J. Gajowniczek photo.
Dog on the boat. J. Gajowniczek photo.
We are going into the fiord. J. Gajowniczek photo.
End of the fiord, black dot is a big eagle. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Mountains around fiord. J. Gajowniczek photo.
First view to the syenite veins - white lines going uphill. J. Gajowniczek photo.
White syenite veins are very well visible. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the shore. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the shore. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Boat is leaving ... J. Gajowniczek photo.
...and first we go to the syenite veins. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Going to the syenite vein. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Tom and Erik examining the syenite vein. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Collection is growing - reindeer`s horns, eagle`s feather and magnetite :-) J. Gajowniczek photo.
When we go up view starts to get wider and wider. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Climbing on steep hill without any trail. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Erik and Tom on the way up. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Syenite veins are visible everywhere. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Examining syenite pegmatite. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big magnetite crystals. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big magnetite crystal in syenite. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Biotite crystal. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Tom on the pegmatite vein. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Pegmatite veins. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Erik on another pegmatite vein. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Asia taking photos. T. Praszkier photo.
We are higher and higher. J. Gajowniczek photo.
View is really breathtaking. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Panoramic view to the fiord. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Tom resting on the way up. J. Gajowniczek photo.
It was so hot that we packed all clothes and walked in underwear :-) Who would expect that 400 km north from the Polar Circle? J. Gajowniczek photo.
Berries. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Flower. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Finally we are on the top, workings in the biotite lens are visible in the right corner of photo. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big biotite crystals. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Big biotite crystal. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Well formed biotite crystal in pegmatite. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Well formed biotite crystal. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Erik with syenite cut by biotite vein. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Biotite lens where zircons occur. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Collecting in underwear started :-) J. Gajowniczek photo.
After some diggings we found zone with zircon crystals. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Fragment of the zircon-rich biotite. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Good quality zircon crystal showed up. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Good quality zircon crystal showed up. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Gemmy and lustrous zircon crystal in situ. J. Gajowniczek photo.
And this is how it looks like after lab work. J. Gajowniczek photo.
It showed up to be very gemmy too! J. Gajowniczek photo.
Another zircon specimen. J. Gajowniczek photo.
More zircons. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Doubly terminated zircon crystal. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Gemmy one. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Finally we packed specimens which we collected that succesful day. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Tom resting after hours of digging. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Fresh water from the stream. J. Gajowniczek photo.
We went to see view to the plateau. J. Gajowniczek photo.
View to the plateau with numerous post-glacial lakes. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Time to go down, sun is still there! J. Gajowniczek photo.
Going down. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Last view to the syenite veins. We will be back! J. Gajowniczek photo.
Cloudberries. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Finally back to the coast and waiting for the boat. J. Gajowniczek photo.
View to the fiord. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Underwater life. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Believe me - it is very slippery. J. Gajowniczek photo.
Finally the boat is here. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the way back to our cottage. J. Gajowniczek photo.
On the way back to our cottage. J. Gajowniczek photo.
We are back. Is that sunset on sunrise? J. Gajowniczek photo.
Time to go to sleep afer a very long day. J. Gajowniczek photo.
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