Fjaerland photos

Transport waiting to take tourists off the ship to look at the glaciers of Boyabre and Supphellebre. Date -- around 1900

As readers will know, I have a long and happy association with Fjaerland in Norway -- and especially with Hotel Mundal and the Norwegian Glacier Museum.   I wrote and published various little booklets for them over the years, and I think some of them may still be in print and for sale!

There is a new YouTube video about the hotel documents going into the regional historical archive -- especially concentrating on the early years of the hotel, after its foundation in 1891.  There was heavy use of the hotel by adventurous UK tourists, mountaineers and explorers, and when we first went there back in 1960 the hotel was a bit like a museum,  with ropes, crampons, skis, rucksacks etc from the good old days........

Anyway, some great photos in the film.......

Early photos (around 1900?) of  Boyabreen extending all the way down to the valley floor from the Jostedalsbre ice cap up on the plateau.

The massive cone of Supphellebreen, also down on the valley floor.  

A century ago these two glaciers were the most easily accessible in Norway -- which is why Hotel Mundal thrived......