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The Arctic Epic
At last Friday has arrived! It has been somewhat of a long week, trying to get my essays finished. I got up very early this morning and packed my bags for the trip, then headed into town, leaving my bag at Cameron's while I went to my seminar at uni. The seminar itself (for my Middle East course) was ridiculously boring, the texts I read in …
Up North!
Wow.
So I guess there's quite a bit to talk about! The last week and a bit since I last updated have been pretty crazy... I finally got my new place, but I haven't moved yet. It's a bit less nice than my place now, but it's all about location! I actually ended up getting one at the Lappis residences which is about a 10 minute walk to …
Dimenticavo le risposte per Carlo
Come ormai sapete Carlo è gran commentatore mA è giustamente esigente :-) Quindi: * che cavolo sono tutti quei radar disseminati sul suolo R: A Kiruna c'è una base spaziale dell'ESA e una stazione meteo con radar ionosferici. Questo è quanto ho appreso. * che cavolo sono quei palloni di plastica bianchi che tengono gonfi in aria R: Sono ...
In search of Santa
... dog bowl fastened top a wooden plank. The other guys put all the bowls around you and then you start scooping and they take the food off to the dogs. Some of the dogs then immediately tip their bowls onto the snow to get rid of the water.
After breakfast we packed and harnessed our teams and were off. The dogs love the running and they are absolutely crazy with anticipation just before you set off.
Today we passed through a nature reserve while it ...
Into the Arctic with Refat and Rune
... are very cramped!
Then we had a sauna. First Jan went off by herself and then when she was done the rest of us guys went in. Milosh, John and I ran down to the creek and splashed around. It was surprisingly good! However, my feet did take strain in the snow and they felt very frozen by the time I got back to the sauna. Milosh miraculously appeared with two beers to celebrate. They went down rather well. After the other guys had rolled in the snow I tried that as well. Not ...