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geographicaljourneys.wordpress.com
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| | | | Buzz Aldrin, the second man to ever set foot on the moon, stepped outside of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, took a look around and muttered the phrase "A Magnificent Desolation." He might have said the same thing had he been on his first visit to the Svalbard Archipelago. View of Spitsbergen from the pack ice-... | |
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dadontherunblog.com
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| | | | There's no where to go but down from here. Things get strange up above the arctic circle. In the summer, for weeks, the sun never sets. In the winter, it doesn't rise. Reindeer and Santa are real here and you can meet them. The Earth ends here, dropping off into the water over precipitous cliffs that make you really appreciate how brave the Vikings were to have sailed out beyond these cliffs. | |
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strafari.com
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| | | | While we had been sailing onboard theNorwegian Coastal Expressfor several days, the experience of passing through the Magerøya strait(70º58'N), just a few kilometers from the North Cape, felt like being on the North Pole on a beautiful winter's day. We were in the middle of the polar night. At this time of year, the sun... | |
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www.englishhomestead.com
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| | Or Zucchini to the Americans! I've been loving this salad lately, it's my new favourite and a great way to use up a few courgettes! I... |