PHOTO ALBUM: Norway — Altafjord and the Scandinavian Mountains, Secret Arctic Paradise

After four Photo Stops on the Altafjord in three days, I’m confident saying it’s 24 miles of Scandinavian Mountain coastline is one of the world’s most underappreciated natural and cultural wonders.

DuckDuckGo searches for the Arctic inlet produced a decent collection of imagery. But it only generated one informational hit, a Wikipedia page that merely reports the fjord separates into two straits at the islands of Stjernøya and Seiland and empties into the Norwegian Sea. Throughout the 20th century, British historians referred to it as Altenfjord.

It would take more than four Photo Stops to find and capture the Midnight Sun image I imagined but did not find on this expedition. But the Travel Gods offered up an array of once-in-a-lifetime alternatives.

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PROJECT: Explore and Photograph Scandinavian Lapland — Finland, Sweden, Norway