In the beginning there was the fjord

My rowing trip through Norway's longest fjord
By Sigri Sandberg

192 pages with 80 color illustrations. Paperback.

Using her own muscle power through Norway's oldest and longest fjord - the unique journey of a brave woman.

"A profound adventure on Norway's longest fjord" CARMEN ROHRBACH

"The more the world and I seem to hang by a thread, the more important it seems to me to breathe in a landscape I once knew, to feel the wind, to gaze at the endless water, to raise the oars and get to know the rest of the fjord, to find my way home before time runs out."

At the beginning of her 200-kilometer journey, Sigri Sandberg asks herself what home is and what it actually means to belong somewhere. In her search for answers, she rows along the Sognefjord in an old traditional wooden boat, accompanied by various companions, from the estuary where she called home as a child to the apple farm inland where she works most of the year.

A beautiful travel story that immerses us deeply in the nature and stories of the fjord and draws us closer to our hearts with every stroke of the oar.

Sigri Sandberg is a Norwegian journalist and nonfiction author who primarily writes about polar regions, life in nature, and the climate. She studied journalism at the University of Oslo and lives in Svalbard. Her latest book, "An Ode to Darkness" (2019), has been translated into 10 languages ​​and was published in German in August 2022 under the title "Dunkelheit."

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