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Norway III

Day 3 features us exploring inland, into the Finnmarksvidda. So let’s see about the etymology of this word: “Finn” is Finn, to reflect the locals; “Mark” is Mark, as in the Experience; and “Svidda” is the land of snow, ice, and a whole everloving metric ton of reindeer and not much else – except for that one guy with his airplane. No, I didn’t get a photo of the airplane [...]

By |2018-01-17T14:22:36-05:00January 14th, 2010|Finland, Norway, Sweden, Weather|7 Comments
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Norway II

Norway, day two on the ground. We pick up from Day 1 near Nordkjosbotn, and dash south in the middle of the night on highway E-6, to where it hits E-10. E-10 west, across the Tjeldsund bridge, all the way to the village of Å, and then back along the same road, because northern Norway is – like Alaska – very sparsely connected. E-10 all the way east to… well, [...]

By |2018-01-17T14:23:01-05:00January 11th, 2010|Norway, Sweden, Weather|2 Comments
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