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A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both World Wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substant... [read more]
A military power during the 17th century, Sweden has not participated in any war in almost two centuries. An armed neutrality was preserved in both World Wars. Sweden's long-successful economic formula of a capitalist system interlarded with substant... [read more] Blog: Chasing the Northern Lights
Date: December 12th 2008
The Arctic Circle in winter. Are we crazy? Nope. Just cold. We'd been to the Arctic Circle in Summer (Tromso, Norway) and seen the midnight sun, so it seemed that we should go again in winter for complete symmetry.
Mostly we were interested in seeing the Northern Lights (although we knew we would need luck on our side).
And it was soooo cool! Kiruna is 67.81˚N, and the week before we arri ... read more
Date: December 12th 2008
The Arctic Circle in winter. Are we crazy? Nope. Just cold. We'd been to the Arctic Circle in Summer (Tromso, Norway) and seen the midnight sun, so it seemed that we should go again in winter for complete symmetry.
Mostly we were interested in seeing the Northern Lights (although we knew we would need luck on our side).
And it was soooo cool! Kiruna is 67.81˚N, and the week before we arri ... read more
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