Friday, April 7, 2023: Starting to Canada! Info: The “Atlantic Sail” is a Roll on / Roll off and container ship. She is 296 m (971 ft) long, 37 m (121 ft) wide, and has a draft of 9,9 m (32 ft) at the moment. She was built in 2016 and flies under the flag…
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Hello from Kautokeino in Norway
Thursday, August 11, 2022: Kautokeino Info: Kautokeino is one of the centres of Sami culture in Norway. The Sami University, a Sami highschool, a Sami Theatre and the Norwegian-Sami-Parliament are there. About 1,500 people live in this town. The landscape is characterized by a lot of rivers. Corresponding to the rivers is the number of…
Hello from Storsjön in Sweden
Friday, August 5, 2022: Storsjoen and Oestersund Video: https://youtu.be/DMUgIjJzICg Info: Now we are right in the middle of Sweden. When it comes to size, Lake Storsjoen is number five in Sweden with 450 km2. In the lake there lives a monster named Storsie. It is the result of the cuisine of two trolls, Jata and…
Hello from Mora in Sweden
Wednesday, August 3, 2022: Mora at Lake Siljan Video: https://youtu.be/nH_BxJN1KmE Info: Lake Siljan owes its existence to a meteorite impact 370 million years ago. The shape of the crater landscape which has a diameter of 55 km can still be seen from above. Nowadays there are three lakes in the original caldera. They were formed…
Hello from Vaenern in Sweden
Monday, August 1, 2022: Vaenern and Mariestad Info: Lake Vaenern has got a size of 5,500 km2 which makes it to the largest lake in Sweden and in the EU as well. Compared to all European lakes it’s number three. During the Ice Age it was connected to the sea. When the glaciers went back,…