Scandinavia - Illustrated Book - Frederking & Thaler

Poetry of the North
By Hans Strand , Bård Løken , and Hans-Joachim Spitzeberger

304 pages fully illustrated in color. Hardcover. XXL format 30 x 37 cm.

Fascination of the Far North: Epic landscapes in opulent photographs

Experience the incomparable beauty of Scandinavia!
Immerse yourself in a world of glittering icebergs, endless forests and deep blue fjords as renowned landscape photographers Hans Strand and Bård Løken take you on a unique visual journey.

Discover the wild national parks of Sweden and Norway, marvel at Iceland's majestic volcanoes and feel the sublime silence of the Arctic Ocean.

Accompanied by texts by polar expert Hans-Joachim Spitzenberger, this illustrated nature book is a loving homage to the untouched nature of the North.

Immerse yourself and be enchanted by Scandinavia's fascinating landscapes! Discover Scandinavia's most beautiful travel destinations in stunning images!

Hans Strand is an award-winning landscape photographer from Sweden. He has taken unique photographs of arctic regions, deserts, and primeval forests around the world. His most recent photo book on Iceland was published by Frederking & Thaler.

Bård Løken , born in 1964 in Vadsø, is a Norwegian photographer from Elverum. Since 1985, he has dedicated himself to photography, particularly landscape and nature photography. He has illustrated numerous books and collaborated with well-known Norwegian authors.

Hans-Joachim Spitzenberger holds a doctorate in biology and has, among other things, spent several research stays in the wilderness of Spitsbergen, which instilled his fascination with the polar region. He then discovered Norway as a whole, as well as Antarctica, Africa, India, the South Seas, and South America, as travel destinations. He travels to regions inaccessible by land as an expedition leader on expedition cruise ships.

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