Tag: Reindeer
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79 Degrees North
This post originally appeared on the blog “Arctic Research” run by the European Commission program INTERACT. 79 Degrees North Lunch on a glacier After two hours of hiking, we finally reach Vestre Brøggerbreen. The last hour has been a maze of moraines crisscrossed by braided streams. With every step the loose glacial debris shifts underfoot,…
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79 Degrees North, Nearly
This post originally appeared on the blog “Arctic Research” run by the European Commission program INTERACT. 79 Degrees North, Nearly Arriving in Svalbard Waiting on the tarmac at Tromsø Airport for our Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight to Svalbard, I nervously check my watch as the noon deadline approaches for SAS pilots to announce a strike. What…