{"id":2349,"date":"2025-11-03T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2349-norwegian-welcome.html"},"modified":"2025-11-03T07:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:24:00","slug":"norwegian-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2349-norwegian-welcome.html","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:3018 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/138-DJI_0027.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSeven years ago, a good friend invited me to, and introduced me to, one of the most extraordinary places on Earth I\u2019ve ever experienced: Skjerv\u00f8y, Norway. This place, well into the Arctic, is as brutal as it is beautiful, and full of life.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMy first experience of the Norwegian fjords around Skjerv\u00f8y was filled with the wonder of humpback whales, orcas, shared experiences, and new friendships. On returning to Australia, I knew I\u2019d be back.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWell, here I am again, with new Irish friends, a new plan, and already the Norwegian welcome from the marine locals has been amazing. Even though the days are very short here, only a few hours, we\u2019re spending time with humpback whales, with the orcas, and with each other.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n#norway #skjerv\u00f8y #fjords #orca #swimmingwithwhales #humpbackWhales #marinemammales #oceanlife #arctic #travel #adventure<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven years ago, a good friend invited me to, and introduced me to, one of the most extraordinary places on Earth I\u2019ve ever experienced: Skjerv\u00f8y, Norway. This place, well into the Arctic, is as brutal as it is beautiful, and full of life. My first experience of the Norwegian fjords around Skjerv\u00f8y was filled with &#8230; <a title=\"Norwegian Welcome\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2349-norwegian-welcome.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Norwegian Welcome\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}