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The Northern Gannet Trilogy. Part III – What Does Thomas Cook And Northern Gannets Have In Common?

Posted on January 17, 2015 by R.Bjerkli — No Comments ↓

When you live above the Arctic Circle and meet a traveler, possibly the most asked question is this: What do you do in the winter time? Kids very often will not only answer spot on, they will ask simple, obvious,…

Tagged with: Arctic Circle, Gjesvær, Gjesværstappan, Lofoten, Morus bassanus, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Pons, Ms. Emeline Pettex, Nature Reserves, North Sea, Northern gannet, Store Ulvøyholmen, Thomas Cook
Posted in MIDNIGHT SUN ROAD, NATURE, Nordkapp, SANTA'S ROAD

The Northern Gannet Trilogy. Part II – You Will Not Be Surprised By What Seabirds Eat

Posted on January 16, 2015 by R.Bjerkli — No Comments ↓

The Northern gannet eat fish. In the latter part of the first decade of this century, French scientists Ms. Emeline Pettex and Mr. Jean-Baptiste Pons, spent a few weeks at Gjesværstappan Nature Reserve one summer after another. The information they…

Tagged with: Auks, Gjesvær, Gjesværstappan, Kittiwakes, Morus bassanus, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Pons, Ms. Emeline Pettex, Nature Reserve, Northern gannet, Porsangerfjord, Store Ulvøyholmen, The White-tailed Eagle
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The Northern Gannet Trilogy. Part I – The Secrets of the Regal White Bird

Posted on December 31, 2014 by R.Bjerkli — No Comments ↓

One of the greatest attractions along the coast of Arctic Norway is the numerous breeding hotspots for seabirds. The Northern gannet is one of the species: A rather big, beautiful, and again, bountiful seabird. Close to North Cape, it has…

Tagged with: Arctic Circle, Gjesvær, Gjesværstappan, Lofoten, Morus bassanus, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Pons, Ms. Emeline Pettex, Murmansk, Nature Reserve, North Sea, Northern gannet, Seabirds, Store Ulvøyholmen
Posted in MIDNIGHT SUN ROAD, NATURE, Nordkapp, SANTA'S ROAD