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Tales from the Northland

Morning Dew at a house in Northern Finland Tales from the Northland is a collection of outdoors-related stories pertaining to the Nordic countries, located in Northern Europe.

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In the glistering snowy mid winter landscape up in the far north Norway’s Lapland, the sun will not appear for days.

On such a short day, when dawn turns to dusk before the sun has a chance to spread its warm rays, a cross-country skier is adventuring up to the high elevations to get a glimpse of the elusive winter sun.

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This is a short but cool story about a squirrel who checked himself in at a veterinary office!

Squirrel visiting the veterinarian. Photo: Samuli HeiskanenThey had quite a surprise at Morelius, a small animal clinic in Sipoo, Finland, a few days ago, when a little baby squirrel ran into the office.

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Riku Karjalainen, a 18-year old senior high school student from Kajaani, Finland, amassed more than 5000 miles on the road, taking 23,000 pictures at 21 different locations, to create this stunning 4-minute time-lapse video!

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The Irish Wolfhound and the bear staring down each other. What happens when dog meets bear? In the best case scenario, they both get scared enough to run in the opposite directions. In the worst case scenario the bear chases the dog, the dog runs to the owner, and the bear attacks the owner. That has happened, but fortunately not in this story!

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Tales from the Northland

Beautiful winter landscape in Northern Norway

A squirrel visiting the veterinary office!

Stunning time-lapse video of Finland Nature

Dog meets Bear!

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