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In summer 2023, my girlfriend Lisa and I set out on a three week hiking trip across northern Norway. After two weeks on the Lofoten Islands, she expressed a wish to visit a glacier – something she had never done before. A ferry, train, ride-share and 2-hour-hike later, we reached the edge of Svartisen, Norway’s second largest glacier.
While cautiously exploring an outlier tongue, we discovered a cave entrance as large as a barn door. The surreal glow of blue ice lured us in, but falling chunks reminded us not to test the melting giant.
I stayed back to photograph it from the outside. Through a small hole in the ice wall, I found the perfect natural frame.
A drop clung to its edge, frozen in time.
That moment – just before the fall – held more tension and beauty than the drop itself.