Hunting whale on the Jan Bjorn in Lødingen, Lofoten, Norway.

Eilert Nilsen on board the boat the Nordfangst. The mountains of Moskenes reflected in the window. They are hunting whale in the Vestfjorden in Northern Norway. Each year they will catch about 20-30 whale.

Eilert and Raymond Nilsen on board the boat the Nordfangst. They are hunting whale in the Vestfjorden in Northern Norway. Each year they will catch about 20-30 whale.

The crew scrubs the decks after putting the whale meat on ice on the Jan Bjørn captained by Jan Kristiansen. Jan is the end of his generation and will not be passing his skills on to anyone else in his family. He mostly whales with the locals from his village of Lødingen and many people help in the holidays. He does not have a permanent crew but has many regulars who help out. On this trip he was accompanied by Georg Waage, Martin Hansen and his son Marius Hansen who is studying psychology at university in northern Norway.

Hunting whale on the Jan Bjorn in Lødingen, Lofoten, Norway. Jan Bjørn the captain readies to butcher the whale on board.Hunting whale on the Jan Bjorn in Lødingen, Lofoten, Norway. Jan Bjørn the captain readies to butcher the whale on board.

The crew take the dried whale meat down into the hold on the Jan Bjørn captained by Jan Kristiansen. Jan is the end of his generation and will not be passing his skills on to anyone else in his family. He mostly whales with the locals from his village of Lødingen and many people help in the holidays. He does not have a permanent crew but has many regulars who help out. On this trip he was accompanied by Georg Waage, Martin Hansen and his son Marius Hansen who is studying psychology at university in northern Norway.

The crew of the boat of Stortinn fight during a storm to get the nets out. It is essential to brave these storms in order to meet quotas. If fishermen fail to meet their quotas they will face them being cut in the future.

Boats arrive late in the evening at Glea Factory on Røst. They prepare the fish for the factories either on the boat or on land and the seagulls fly trying to catch the scraps for food. Workers at the factory prepare to receive the boats on the quay.

Raymond Nilsen on the boat with his father Eilert, both whalers, early in the morning readying to retrieve nets during the cod season. Eilert and Raymonds boat is one of just 3 whaling boats left in this community. Only 3 young men have decided to stay and be fishermen in the past 15 years, only one has decided to be a whaler in 17 years from this community.

The confirmation at 14 years is a big event in Norway and these children will be the next generation to leave the island. They are Mariel Karlsen, Monika Sanja Johnsen, Natalia Hansen, Jonas Jørgensen, Julianne Eide.

An Egyptian worker Mohammed for Røst Sjømat takes down the cod from hanging drying on Røst. the cod will be shipped to Europe for use in soups and baccalao, mostly in Italy and Spain.

An abandoned home near Grundstad, Lofoten. Inside luggage and clothes remain as if the owner were about to return any moment. The windows and curtains are rotting slowly and the outside has been stripped of any paint. Found opposite the intersection of the streets of Grundstadveien and Hellarhaugen.

Ulf Christian, Monica and their daughter Aurora who is leaving the island this year to go to school on the mainland on Skrova after their graduation

The old and derelict sheep house built by the pettersen family in the early 1900s for protecting the sheep in a storm lies in the north of the island at Røstlandet. At one time the whole community would have sheep to feed the family and make wool, but now only 3 families own sheep on the island.