Dolphins playing with a Hurtigruten ship!

(Picture borrowed
from Hurtigruten.)

Check out this video that one of the crew members of Hurtigruten's MS Midnatsol was fortunate enough to shoot: A couple of dolphins are effordlessly swimming and playing in front of the ship! It's fairly common to see these animals from a distance, but seeing them so close, and in this setting is quite special. 

It looks like they're just in front of the ship's bulb, and I guess normal speed for this ship is about 15 knots. No high speed for a dolphin! This video is shot as the MS Midnatsol was on it's way to Øksfjord in Finnmark in Northern Norway. Beautiful animals!

The video can also be watched on Hurtigruten's blog from the Norwegian coast: Hurtigruten365

Fantastic northern lights!

Last night the northern lights could be seen much farther south in Norway than usual. And the light of the aurora borealis (or artic light as someone calls it) was very intens! As the north of Norway gradually looses daylight, the northern lights are truly a magnificent sight.

(Picture borrowed from Wikipedia.)

If you want to come to Norway and see the northern lights for yourself, Hurtigruten have cruises that will take you to Northern Norway:

"Witness the ghostly wisps of green, yellow, red & violet arcs of the Northern Lights as they fill the inky night sky from the comfort of one of our ships."

Read more about Hurtigrutens cruises to the northern lights.

Now, take a look at the fantastic view that could be seen last night! A photographer by the name Helge Steinar Marø took som great shots. Check out the aurora borealis!

Peter Breivik shot this video over Trondheim. Amazing colors...