Norway's Arctic Highway: Mo I Rana to Kirkenes
- Book Review,
by John Douglas
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"Excellent handbooks" -- The Bookseller (UK)
Review
"Excellent handbooks" -- The Bookseller (UK)
Review
"Excellent handbooks" -- The Bookseller (UK)
Book Description
Norway's Arctic Highway stretches 900 miles from Mo i Rana to Kirkenes, almost all of the route within the Arctic Circle. At its most northern point the road comes to within 19.5 degrees of the North Pole. This is a region of intense physical beauty--tundra plateaux, vast glaciers, and magnificent fjords. It's also the land of the Sami people. Includes places to stay, places to eat, what to see, getting to Norway from North America and other parts of Europe, a kilometer by kilometer route guide, and background information on the people, flora, and fauna of the region.
From the Back Cover
Norway's Arctic Highway stretches 900 miles from Mo i Rana to Kirkenes. Crossing one of Europe's most remote and starkly beautiful regions that includes Lapland, nearly the entire length of the highway is within the Arctic Circle; at its most northerly point the road gets to within 19.5 degrees of the North Pole.
Inside you will find information on: Planning your trip – taking your own vehicle or renting in Norway; Getting to the Highway – 10 detailed approach routes through southern Norway, Sweden or Finland including city guides to Oslo, Larvik, Bergen, Stavanger, Gothenburg, Helsinki and Turku; History of the Highway – how this road, known to some as the Blodvei (Blood Road) came to be constructed in such a fiercely hostile environment; Route guide with maps – km-by-km guide from Mo i Rana to Kirkenes; 20 side trips – including the route to North Cape: so far north that for 2 1/2 months each summer the sun never sets; Where to stay, where to eat; The Sami – the last reindeer herders; 53 maps and 30 color photos.
About the Author
John Douglas is a geographer who has explored the whole of northern Scandinavia over a period of 25 years. Using canoe, inflatable boat, light aircraft as well as, more conventionally a 4WD, there are few places he has not visited. He has stayed with the Sami in their summer camps and has made a special study of the evolution of North Norway's road system. This is his fifteenth book. As a professional photographer and travel consultant he has also traveled widely in other parts of the arctic, in Africa and in South-East Asia. He has homes in London and Nottingham but confesses to a preference for an itinerant lifestyle.
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