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Showing posts with label Varanger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Varanger. Show all posts
21 January 2025

12x bird hides and nature shelters in Varanger by Biotope (with google map site links)

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12 x architecture, general intro:   The main goal of all the projects has been to make nature and nature experiences more accessible to as m...
17 November 2017

Biotope philosophy & origin story - the AD interview

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Biotope just won the Architectural Digest Design Award 2017 in the category architecture. 2017 have been a year where our work is getting q...
05 June 2016

The Birding Varanger guide book - Arctic Norway sites & birds

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"Varanger is the world´s most easily accessible Arctic birding destination. In Varanger, Arctic Norway,  you can experience the nort...
27 March 2016

Øvre Pasvik - birding the arctic taiga - Gullfest pt.2

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Hawk Owl about to strike In the Pasvik taiga forest the arctic bird festival Gullfest turned into an Owlfest! The Pasvik section of G...
25 March 2016

Vardø, Arctic Norway - Gullfest part 1

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King Eiders in Vardø harbour during Gullfest, March 2016 Gullfest 2016 was another successfull arctic birding festival. This year we cel...
07 February 2016

Steller´s Eiders & snow caves - living the Arctic life

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Incoming Steller´s Eiders in Kiberg harbour. Photographed from water level, dressed in a drysuit, swimming in the harbour. The Steller´...
26 March 2015

Hasselnes Wind Shelter - Watching Auroras in Varanger

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Aurora-watching from the new Hasselnes bird hide and wind shelter. To left in the distance is Hornøya bird cliff.    Hornøya b...
11 March 2015

Gullfest 2015 - Arctic Art & Architecture in progress

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Gyrfalcon by Lars Jonsson ©, Gullfest 2015 artist, talking at Unni´s Kafé in Vardø on Friday at 19.00hrs. Surely the birding talk of the ...
31 December 2014

The Dark Knights

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Arctic chillout Purple Sandpipers are some of the toughest birds on the planet. Too often these birds go by unnoticed, and they are ...
09 February 2014

Golden birding in Båtsfjord - the King Eider hide

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   Here we go again - The arctic sea ducks are back in Varanger, and Ørjan Hansens floating King Eider photo hide in Båtsfjord is already i...
23 August 2013

Birdfair 2013 - the worlds greatest gathering of birders

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We just came back to Varanger, Arctic Norway, after a weekend visit to England and the amazing Rutland Birdfair. Birds migrate worldwide t...
26 June 2013

Pushing the Boundaries RELOADED - talking at the Rutland Birdfair 2013!

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In January and February 2013 me and Martin Garner went on a tour around UK, giving talks at 10 bird clubs in 14 days. What a road trip!...