As you know from my last post, we recently went for a visit to Alta. I’ve separated the photos in two galleries. The first gallery is photographed with my Canon Ixus 130 pocket camera. The second gallery is shot with my Canon EOS 600D – which is a much better camera than the pocket one – but, interestingly enough, when we were at the ice hotel Sorrisniva, my EOS600D couldn’t handle the white balance, no matter which settings I used. So in this first gallery, the photos from Sorrisniva have more correct colours than in the second gallery.
Kokkejævel is the place to get great local food in Alta! Plus, the name is really cool (Kokkejævel – Chef Bastard).
Vanilla smoked reindeer meat and reindeer sausage from Kokkejævel
The light is spectacular as long as it lasts (it was 2 hours of daylight when we were there)
These photos are from «Sorrisniva», an ice hotel.
Decorations carved in snow at Sorrisniva.
Ice decorations depicting Norse Kings.
The bar at the ice hotel.
Of course there’s a chapel in the ice hotel.
It’s pretty dark up there during winter…
The second gallery will be published in the next post, «Impressions from Alta II».
Cardinal Guzman 
Stunning takes!
Looking forward to the 2nd gallery!
Thanks. I’ll post it tomorrow.
Well … regardless of the white balance, this was a real treasure of an album! Beautiful place..
Thanks Reb.
I’m impressed. I want to go there!
It was a great place to visit. We’re talking about going back there in the summer, so we can do some fishing and experience the midnight sun.
Beautiful, but it looks really cold.
At the coldest it was -18° (that would be celsius, of course). The warmest day was around -4.
BEAUTIFUL!
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thanks Francine.
Wicked!
Wicked indeed!
Truly stunning! The compact camera does have its uses! 🙂
Yes, it does! Mainly I use it because it’s more available than the DLSR (that’s in the bag most of the time).
Amazing! I’d love to go there sometime.
You should! Winter for (chances of) northern lights, summer for midnight sun (guaranteed).
Maybe someday
Wonderful place and wonderful photographs!
Dhanyavad Know-All Ji!
What a beautiful location, the details carved into ice are amazing. Can’t wait for your second gallery!
The ice hotel is awesome. They build it with a new theme each year. I’d love to see the next one too!
Happy to say great shots without knowing anything about which camera you used! Love all the different layers of warmth, light and ice.
Speaking of ice, did you see this? http://www.viralnova.com/ice-truck/
Thanks for the link Patti, I hadn’t seen that. I guess the hood melts when the engine gets too warm 🙂
great art