history Archives | Nicholas Orloff https://www.nicholasorloff.com/category/travelphotography/history/ Photography Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:35:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.nicholasorloff.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-camera-icon-A-32x32.jpg history Archives | Nicholas Orloff https://www.nicholasorloff.com/category/travelphotography/history/ 32 32 no fish to kolka https://www.nicholasorloff.com/2015/08/no-fish-to-kolka-nicholasorloff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-fish-to-kolka-nicholasorloff Fri, 28 Aug 2015 09:20:50 +0000 http://www.nicholasorloff.com/?p=3615 This photo of a dirt road is the last I took before a travel photographer’s worst nightmare struck. During a cold-stomached panic, all efforts to revive my camera were futile and for reasons I will never know, it was toast. With help out of reach, I strapped my substitute photographic device (iPad) to my chest […]

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]]> abandoned mine exploration in the arctic https://www.nicholasorloff.com/2014/10/mine2b-svalbard-nicholasorloff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mine2b-svalbard-nicholasorloff Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:29:36 +0000 http://www.nicholasorloff.com/?p=2156 Several days ago I climbed a mountain in the Arctic to explore Mine 2B, which has been abandoned since 1969. In Svalbard, it is law that anything made by humans before 1946 must be protected; nothing can be touched or removed. Combined with the cold, dry climate, this creates fantastic opportunities to catch a glimpse […]

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]]> hms victory https://www.nicholasorloff.com/2014/09/hms-victory-nicholas-orloff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hms-victory-nicholas-orloff Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:37:20 +0000 http://www.nicholasorloff.com/?p=2077 Previously I wrote about travelling in your own country. Friends and family visiting from far away are great opportunities to play tourist in your own land. This past weekend my father came to visit all the way from California. I enjoyed catching up with him and seeing England from a visitor’s point of view. Being […]

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