Tag: accidents

Charges filed against captain of failed polar expedition

As Norway celebrates its Polar Year in 2011, commemorating the epic expeditions of Nansen and Amundsen, police charges have been filed  for the first...

Even more tragedy in the mountains

Norway's number of fatalities linked to bad weather conditions rose again over the weekend, when a woman from Bærum, west of Oslo, became the...

Chlorine spill fouls river

The river running through Oslo from the hills to the fjord, Akerselva, was polluted last week by a chlorine leak from, ironically enough, one...

Tragedy on the tundra of Finnmark

UPDATED: Nine young Norwegians who had set off on a snow-scooter tour from a holiday area around Skaidi in Finnmark got lost in the...

Nine busses stranded near North Cape

Strong winds swept two busses full of tourists off the road leading over the North Cape plateau on Monday, reports Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK). One...

Missing boat lacked authorization

A Norwegian boat that went missing in Antarctica last week with three persons on board had not received permission from relevant authorities to venture...

Another moose shot in Oslo

Yet another moose wandered too far from the safer forests around Norway's capital on Friday, and ended having to be shot on a street...

Still no sign of missing boat

A 47-foot sailboat with two Norwegians and a South African on board remained missing in stormy and icy Antarctic waters on Friday. A helicopter...

Plane crash victims found

Divers found the bodies of two Norwegians killed in the crash of a small plane off the east coast of Florida last week, along...

Ship grounding sets off oil spill

UPDATED: An Icelandic-owned container ship ran aground and immediately started leaking oil Friday around the scenic islands of Hvaler on Norway’s southeast coast. The...
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