The thin skin of ice sounds like chandeliers tinkling as we slide through it, heads tucked down in the howling wind. We’re on the rim of a peak called Keipen, one of the tallest mountains on Senja, an ...

Clouds wobble and mountain peaks quiver as I glide silently along the fjord, my paddle slicing through their reflections with butter-soft ease. With every stroke I slip further into a sleepy rhythm, ...

Senja likes to call itself “Norway in miniature” since the country’s second-biggest island (1,600 sq km, with a population of 7,864) contains pretty much every landscape you’re likely to encounter ...

In February 2014 Ines Papert, Rudi Hauser Thomas Senf made three first ascents in Norway: Finnmonster (A2+, WI6 400m) on Senja Island, Eagles Paradise (8/IIIV WI5 500m) up Roalden and Crazy Maze ...

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Simon Richardson reports about the first ascent of the North Ridge of Ulvetanna on Senja Island in Norway, climbed on 23 April 2022 with Mark Robson. This is possibly only the second ascent of the ...

OVER THE course of the morning, we had nearly forgotten that color existed. Three friends and I were climbing up a narrow gorge, carved into a snow-packed peak on Norway’s Senja island, our skis ...

Timing is everything on Senja, Norway’s second largest – but still relatively untouched – island. Come in winter, and the only light you’ll see is that which reflects off the blankets of snow covering ...

This breathtaking display of the Northern Lights was captured on Senja Island, Norway. The person who filmed it said they had no intention to record this, but eventually did as the light show was so ...