Having long been impressed by great and world-renowned Scandinavian professionals, I have only lately met a number of Scandinavians as colleagues in my academic career. When having lived and worked in the Middle East several of these exemplars did not make the best impression on me: too self-centered, too pompous. Patronizing and belittling other people’s [...]
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Janteloven
Posted in Academics, Ethnology, Norway, tagged Aksel Sandemose, Janteloven, racism, Scandinavia, segregation on March 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Midnight Sun
Posted in Norway, tagged Midnight sun, North Norway on July 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At 69˚40’N 18˚56’E, the midnight sun occurs, in theory, between May 18 and July 26. However, the mountainous landscape may block it for a couple of days. Effectively, sun is not setting between May 21 and July 21. So, tomorrow, there will be ‘night’ for a couple minutes. The sun hurries. In huge leaps [...]
Sola Tilbake
Posted in Norway, tagged Arctic Circle, sun, Tromsø on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Always a big issue, the return of the sun at 69˚40’N 18˚56’E yesterday was celebrated by all international staff with a cacophonia of Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, and English. Berliner Bollen were served and pictures taken of the sun which still hid itself behind the mist. For this post, I had to chose a [...]
69˚40’N 18˚56’E
Posted in Norway, Science, tagged Arctic Circle, moon, North Norway, sun, Tromsø on December 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
One of the numerous peculiarities of the Arctic is, of course, the midnight sun and the phenomenon that, north to the Arctic Circle, sun does not rise in the winter, at least on the 21st of December. Living 400 km north of the Arctic Circle, the dark period here in North-Norway lasts almost [...]
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