FJORDS

Fjords eat out of our hands ...

BASIC INFORMATION
When we say FIORDS, the adjective that naturally comes to mind is: NORWEGIAN. Thanks to its long coastline (over 25,000 kilometres), Norway has the largest number of fjords in the world, with nearly 1,800 named ones.
These deeply cutting inlets into the continent are always connected to the sea. Due to high tides and strong currents present here, they rarely freeze in winter, and the warm Gulf Stream current warms the Norwegian coast.
It is to these tides that the fjords owe their name, as the Old Norse word ‘fjrðr’ means a place of flow.

Fjords eat out of our hands
People returning from expeditions in Norway often enthusiastically share that “the fjords ate out of their hand”. And it is hardly surprising when they could admire their beauty up close.
However, few people know that in Norway there is a breed of horses called FJORD, and perhaps the etymology of this expression lies in feeding them.
During our trips, we therefore try to ‘feed the fjords’ and most of our expeditions routes lead along them. This is because we are still enchanted by fantastic landscapes created by the combination of the sea and the towering, majestic mountains rising from the water.
On Svalbard, fjords gain additional beauty: most of them are ended by glaciers descending into them, which “calve” and fill them with beautiful blocks of ice.