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The Sami-tribes are living as nomads in the north of europe and on your way to the Nordkapp you will see some Sami living next to the road togeather with their herds of reindeers.More and more of them obviously rather prefer to work as a "tourist-attraction" , showing their tents and a single reindeer to the tourists going to the Northcape. We had a stop there of half an hour to take a look around, take photos and do some shopping in their Sami-souvenirshop .
I especially liked their traditional costumes !
The tents of the Sami are quite interesting, most of them are round and they had a stove inside. Just imagine living there all year long in summer and winter and take these tents down, pack them and build them the other day again at a place that has enough grass for the rendeer-herds. These tourist-Sami are certainly living in a real flat closeby and come to their shop only for the tourists.
Take a look inside the tents, they are set up there for the tourists only !
Updated Feb 17, 2011
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The Inuit have amazing local traditions and nose kissing is no different. Men and women all do it and when they respect you they show you their feelings by kissing you aka touching noses. Not all people will do it with foreigners as you have to earn their respect which takes time. If you manage to meet the local people and spend some quality time with them you will see this act often. A funny but respectful way of showing feelings is just another reason why the Arctic is a special place.
Written Oct 9, 2006
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1. PATIENCE is a traditional virtue among Russians. PUNCTUALITY is not. Only the trains and theater performances begin on time in Russia. Do not be surprised if your business appointment begins one or even two hours late.
2. Very little gets done in Russia without using blat--which is Russian for "connections" or "influence." Blat involves an exchange of favors; when you do something for someone, they now owe you a favor. Gifts--monetary or otherwise--are often part of this exchange.
Written Aug 13, 2003
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some northern towns are designes as dry towns. Prudhoe Bay is one of them, and the reason is quite sensible: people work long and hard shifts on the oil fields - being sober kind of helps to reduce accidents and fatalities. On top of this, no firearms are allowed, so i guess being stressed and overworked can make people tense and violent. In canada, tuktoyaktuk is another dry town - the reason is different: native people do not respond well to alcohol (well, not only them actually), so the local council decided to ban it.
Written Nov 28, 2002
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o00o wrote to his best VT friends at Feb 5 15:40:01 PST:
I am thinking of presenting my trip to Arctic Circle as to Honningsvag (Norway), Ivalo (Finland), Murmansk (Russia), Kiruna (Sweden), and Alaska (US) into ARTIC VT Page. What do you think? It may not sound as a country but just to make it as a collection of my journey to ARTIC CIRCLE.
Do I advisable to do so? Please reply. Thanks for your time.
Morii / Japan.
Updated Nov 25, 2002
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o00o?fs best friends replied at Feb 5 16:10:33 2001 :
I think that would be an excellent idea to include all those countries to an Artic page. Do you have enough pictures of Alaska to make an Alaska page? Pictures of Alaskan villages would be perfect for an Alaska page, while the pictures from the Artic landscapes woould compliment your Artic page. ALthough, I would link the pages together so viewers wold go from one page to the other page. I look foward to seeing the pages.
Happy travels, . Chad
Updated Nov 25, 2002
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Well I concider the Inuit to be one of the kindest cultures I have encountered, the families are extremely close, I have a huge extended family myself, we adapt very fast and I am very proud of my heritage.
Updated Aug 26, 2002
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Many of these remote areas are totally Off limits for tourists.
Landing is not allowed for any passengers
Updated Apr 17, 2003
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In the Huset there's a cinema, too.
Near the church you can find a small museum with an interesting historical and geological section.
Updated Sep 7, 2002
this is what the doing there in real life!!!
Written Aug 24, 2002
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this is what the doing there in real life!!!
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