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March 06, 2005
Meet Satu: Activist
Name: Satu
From: Residing in Turku, Finland
Job: Student
What are you doing so far north?
Protecting the playgrounds of my childhood (meaning we used to travel and trek a lot in Inari when I was younger). I also think that it is important to support Samis rights and their reindeer herding livelihood.
Have you been out in the forest before this trip? What happened?
Umm.. yes, ofcourse! Every Finn has been in forest. Once when I was small I got lost on a clearcut area next to the UKK national park in Sodankylä. As a child, you could only understand that it looked sad.
What animal do you most resemble?
I'd like to say tiger... but probably sloth
What's your most important survival item?
My CD-player. Shuts out the naggers around you . I don't even know what an ipod is!
Arctic Finland: Too cold, a bit cold, warm, or too damned warm?
Too cold. But OK in small amounts! And the Northern Lights are fabulous
Posted by Dave at March 6, 2005 05:56 PM
Comments
Tee Hee, Thanks, Satu -- started my day with a chuckle. It's good to know that even natives of the place are freezing their asses off. I suppose we should express a bit more sympathy to Dave then.
--b
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at March 7, 2005 10:22 AM
Hey Satu,
long time no see. I hope you do not get totaly frozen and use the training you got in Slovakia.
Hojso
Posted by: Hojso at March 7, 2005 12:58 PM
Ahoj Satu,
zdravime Te z Prahy z nove, teple kancelare. Myslime na vas a tesime se na dalsi zpravy od Tebe. Premek a Vladka
Posted by: vladka at March 9, 2005 03:43 PM
hej satu!
Fin bild! Inte ær du en sengångare inte, Tiger tycker jag ær mer passande, eller i alla fall en katt!
Ser fram emot att høra dina idéer. Njut av norrskenet!
Lotta
Posted by: lotta at March 10, 2005 06:04 PM
Finland's climate is not arctic, you stupid activists.
Posted by: Eino-Kalevi at March 16, 2005 05:19 AM
Hi Eino - sorry for creating any confusion. Technically speaking, anywhere north of the Arctic Circle is regarded as The Arctic. This also includes parts of Russia, Norway, Greenland, Canada and Alaska.
The Arctic Circle is at a latitude of 66° 33' 38" - around the same latitude as Rovaniemi. Everything north of this can be regarded as The Arctic.
However, the climate in this area can be regarded as subarctic (or boreal), thanks to the short, but warm summers.
...Hope this helps!
- Dave]
Posted by: Dave at March 16, 2005 08:49 AM
Warm summers indeed! Last July Utsjoki and Inari were overwhelmingly the hottest places in Finland for the whole month. 30C temperatures were usual in daytime. In some days it was even hotter than anywhere in the northern Europe, Baltic and Germany.
Must be the global warming.
Let's see if you'll survive the rest of the winter and spring in your station. Or will you have to be there so long to achieve your goals.
Posted by: Eino-Kalevi at March 16, 2005 07:14 PM
