{"id":683,"date":"2019-11-08T09:17:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T09:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/?post_type=artikler&#038;p=1555"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:22:07","slug":"engenbreen-a-relict-of-the-last-ice-age","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/engenbreen-a-relict-of-the-last-ice-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Engenbreen is a relict from the last ice age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-ingress\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn__ingress\">\n\t\t\t\t  Engenbreen is the point at which Svartisen, Northern Scandinavia&#8217;s biggest glacier, gets closest to the sea. The sight of the blue glacier ice tongue reflected in the Holandsfjord makes for one of those moments when everybody is lost for words.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Engenbreen looks completely unnatural in the fertile, green landscape in the far north of Helgeland; a white mass with an almost baby-blue sheen. Surrounded by white mountaintops and fertile hillsides, the glacier is reflected in the opaque green meltwater of the Holandsfjord. If you round the headland by boat, the panorama comes upon you very suddenly and is guaranteed to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You can walk up to the ice edge <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At a leisurely pace, it&#8217;s only a fifteen minute bike ride along Svartisvatnet lake to the end of the road. From here, a well-marked trail leads almost right up to the ice. As you get higher, you find that you are walking on smooth rock slopes from which the glacier has recently retreated. That&#8217;s why there is no vegetation or soil here at all, only bare rock scoured into undulations by the ice. There are some handrails on steep sections, but you should be careful, particularly in rainy weather, and wear good shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-faq\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tPractical information about the glacier\n\t\t\t<\/h3><div class=\"t2-accordion wp-block-t2-accordion\" data-allow-multiple=\"1\" role=\"list\"><div class=\"t2-accordion-item wp-block-t2-accordion-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"t2-accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"t2-accordion-trigger\" id=\"where-can-you-find-engabreen?\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWhere can you find Engabreen?\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-closed-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevrondown\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 14.9c-.1 0-.3 0-.4-.1-.1 0-.2-.1-.3-.2L6.7 10c-.2-.1-.3-.4-.3-.6 0-.3.1-.5.3-.7.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3s.5.1.7.3l3.9 3.9 3.9-3.9c.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3.3 0 .5.1.7.3.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7l-4.6 4.6c-.1.1-.2.2-.3.2H12z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-open-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevronup\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M6.7 14.7c-.2-.2-.3-.4-.3-.7s.1-.5.3-.7l4.6-4.6c.1-.1.2-.2.3-.2.1 0 .2-.1.4-.1.1 0 .3 0 .4.1.1 0 .2.1.3.2l4.6 4.6c.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3L12 10.8l-3.9 3.9c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-accordion-item__inner-container is-layout-flow\" id=\"accordion-panel\" aria-labelledby=\"where-can-you-find-engabreen?\" role=\"region\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\tEngabreen is located in the south of the Mel\u00f8y district, close to the coastal road that takes you from Bod\u00f8 to Namsos. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"t2-accordion-item wp-block-t2-accordion-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"t2-accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"t2-accordion-trigger\" id=\"how-do-you-get-across-the-fjord-to-the-glacier?\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHow do you get across the fjord to the glacier?\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-closed-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevrondown\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 14.9c-.1 0-.3 0-.4-.1-.1 0-.2-.1-.3-.2L6.7 10c-.2-.1-.3-.4-.3-.6 0-.3.1-.5.3-.7.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3s.5.1.7.3l3.9 3.9 3.9-3.9c.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3.3 0 .5.1.7.3.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7l-4.6 4.6c-.1.1-.2.2-.3.2H12z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-open-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevronup\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M6.7 14.7c-.2-.2-.3-.4-.3-.7s.1-.5.3-.7l4.6-4.6c.1-.1.2-.2.3-.2.1 0 .2-.1.4-.1.1 0 .3 0 .4.1.1 0 .2.1.3.2l4.6 4.6c.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3L12 10.8l-3.9 3.9c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-accordion-item__inner-container is-layout-flow\" id=\"accordion-panel-1\" aria-labelledby=\"how-do-you-get-across-the-fjord-to-the-glacier?\" role=\"region\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\tThere is a ferry service during the summer months. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-3\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009965-1.jpg\" data-size=\"1920x1118\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009965-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pink auroras dancing over Harstad \u00a9 Frank Andreassen\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009965-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Pink auroras dancing over Harstad \u00a9 Frank Andreassen\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009521_Emil-Sollie-Brixton-Frames_Helgeland-Reiseliv_.jpg\" data-size=\"1920x1281\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009521_Emil-Sollie-Brixton-Frames_Helgeland-Reiseliv_.jpg\" alt=\"Bike over Svartisvatnet towards the glacier (c) Emil Sollie Brixton\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009521_Emil-Sollie-Brixton-Frames_Helgeland-Reiseliv_.jpg\" data-caption=\"Bike over Svartisvatnet towards the glacier (c) Emil Sollie Brixton\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009151.jpg\" data-size=\"1920x1244\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009151.jpg\" alt=\"Engenbreen on Svartisen as seen from the air over Holandsfjorden (c) Steinar Skaar \/ Statens vegvesen\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009151.jpg\" data-caption=\"Engenbreen on Svartisen as seen from the air over Holandsfjorden (c) Steinar Skaar \/ Statens vegvesen\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: Pink auroras dancing over Harstad \u00a9 Frank Andreassen<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Bike over Svartisvatnet towards the glacier (c) Emil Sollie Brixton<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Engenbreen on Svartisen as seen from the air over Holandsfjorden (c) Steinar Skaar \/ Statens vegvesen<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep your distance from the ice front<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> The atmosphere up beside the ice is still and strange. The glacier front is a shapeless mass, in some places almost white and in others a deep, translucent blue. The glacier has calved in places, sending huge chunks of ice down onto the rock in front of the glacier, and you understand why you have to keep your distance. At the bottom edge of the glacier, meltwater cascades out from a tunnel-shaped opening underneath the ice, and all you can hear is the roar of the water. Tiny shoots of rowan and willow peep out through the rubble not far from the chunks of ice, growing where only a few years ago there was ice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Svartisen is an ice giant above the fjords<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Engenbreen is part of Svartisen, the second biggest glacier in Norway. Most of Svartisen is at an altitude of 1,200\u20131,400 metres (4,000\u20134,500 ft). Up here, the mild, moist air masses from the Atlantic Ocean fall as snow most of the year, and the ice mass accumulates. Then the ice slowly slides down the valleys and forms glaciers. Engenbreen is the glacier ice tongue that has reached the lowest altitude \u2013 not only of the Svartisen ice tongues, but also of all the ice tongues in mainland Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-4\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/006368.jpg\" data-size=\"1920x1282\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/006368.jpg\" alt=\"Powerful view from the viewing point Braset on the National Tourist Route, Helgelandskysten, looking towards Holandsfjorden in Mel\u00f8y with the glacier tongue Engabreen on Svartisen, a part of Svartisen National park. \u00a9Foto: Steinar Skaar \/ Statens vegvesen\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/006368.jpg\" data-caption=\"Powerful view from the viewing point Braset on the National Tourist Route, Helgelandskysten, looking towards Holandsfjorden in Mel\u00f8y with the glacier tongue Engabreen on Svartisen, a part of Svartisen National park. \u00a9Foto: Steinar Skaar \/ Statens vegvesen\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009524_Emil-Sollie-Brixton-Frames_Helgeland-Reiseliv_.jpg\" data-size=\"1281x1920\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009524_Emil-Sollie-Brixton-Frames_Helgeland-Reiseliv_.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009524_Emil-Sollie-Brixton-Frames_Helgeland-Reiseliv_.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009513_Emil-Sollie-Brixton-Frames_Helgeland-Reiseliv_.jpg\" data-size=\"1281x1920\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009513_Emil-Sollie-Brixton-Frames_Helgeland-Reiseliv_.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/009513_Emil-Sollie-Brixton-Frames_Helgeland-Reiseliv_.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/008345_CH__Rana-1.jpg\" data-size=\"1920x1281\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/008345_CH__Rana-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/008345_CH__Rana-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: Powerful view from the viewing point Braset on the National Tourist Route, Helgelandskysten, looking towards Holandsfjorden in Mel\u00f8y with the glacier tongue Engabreen on Svartisen, a part of Svartisen National park. \u00a9Foto: Steinar Skaar \/ Statens vegvesen<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The glacier advanced and retreated in the past but only retreats today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Engenbreen is constantly in phases of advance or retreat. During the &#8216;Little Ice Age&#8217; of the 1700s, we believe that the glacier front extended right out into Holandsfjord. Since then, the glacier has been slowly retreating, and around 1900, Svartisvatnet lake began to rise, until about 1940, when the whole lake was ice-free. In 1965, the glacier retreated well back up the mountainside, but there was then a new period of vigorous advance. However, since 1997, the ice has been retreating markedly, and now it takes half an hour to walk up to it from the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to visit Engenbreen <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way is to stop on the Coastal Route (County Road 17) at the viewpoint of Braset. This provides a view over Holandsfjord to the glacier. However, it&#8217;s a much better experience if you cross the fjord and get up close. Just below the ice is the isolated hamlet of Svartisen G\u00e5rd. Here you&#8217;ll find Svartispaviljongen, a lovely caf\u00e9 with a view of the ice. You can hire bikes at the quay and get right up to the end of the lake, from where it is a half-hour climb up to the ice. 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