Moonrise Over The Lofoten Wall
The Vestfjord has always been difficult to navigate and it was once so feared that boats would wait together for days for the weather to permit them passage towards Lofotveggen, The Lofoten Wall. Granite and volcanic peaks rose from the water after the last Ice Age, enclosing part of the Norwegian Sea. Legends say that some of the mountains are trolls that were turned into stone like Vågakallen, who chased after Lekamøja and the Seven Sisters down the coast.
The Vestfjord is still magical today, as the uneven seabed limits the water exchange between the open sea and the fjord, allowing temperatures which are perfect for Northeast Arctic Cod spawning. However, overfishing has become a problem for skrei and while rules have been implemented and quotas cut, there is still more that needs to be done in order to prevent a catastrophic decline like the Northwest Atlantic fishery decline of ’93.
The Vestfjord has always been difficult to navigate and it was once so feared that boats would wait together for days for the weather to permit them passage towards Lofotveggen, The Lofoten Wall. Granite and volcanic peaks rose from the water after the last Ice Age, enclosing part of the Norwegian Sea. Legends say that some of the mountains are trolls that were turned into stone like Vågakallen, who chased after Lekamøja and the Seven Sisters down the coast.
The Vestfjord is still magical today, as the uneven seabed limits the water exchange between the open sea and the fjord, allowing temperatures which are perfect for Northeast Arctic Cod spawning. However, overfishing has become a problem for skrei and while rules have been implemented and quotas cut, there is still more that needs to be done in order to prevent a catastrophic decline like the Northwest Atlantic fishery decline of ’93.
The Vestfjord has always been difficult to navigate and it was once so feared that boats would wait together for days for the weather to permit them passage towards Lofotveggen, The Lofoten Wall. Granite and volcanic peaks rose from the water after the last Ice Age, enclosing part of the Norwegian Sea. Legends say that some of the mountains are trolls that were turned into stone like Vågakallen, who chased after Lekamøja and the Seven Sisters down the coast.
The Vestfjord is still magical today, as the uneven seabed limits the water exchange between the open sea and the fjord, allowing temperatures which are perfect for Northeast Arctic Cod spawning. However, overfishing has become a problem for skrei and while rules have been implemented and quotas cut, there is still more that needs to be done in order to prevent a catastrophic decline like the Northwest Atlantic fishery decline of ’93.
Part of my Lofoten: Arctic Flyway exhibition through which I am donating 25% of the proceeds to BirdLife Norway, a wildlife organisation dedicated to the conservation of birds in the archipelago. Lofoten is particularly important as a nesting ground because it facilitates easy access to food and very few natural predators, which makes the islands ideal to raise chicks. BirdLife works with different seabirds and migratory species that are affected by tourism, farming and climate change in order to preserve their numbers. They educate locals and visitors on best practices, wildlife behaviour and on finding solutions as a community.
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