Podcasts about Northern Norway

Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: Unlocking Scandinavian Secrets: A Library Adventure Duo Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/no/episode/2025-01-25-23-34-02-no Story Transcript:No: Sindre satt ved et av de tunge trebordene i Tromsø offentlig bibliotek.En: Sindre sat at one of the heavy wooden tables in Tromsø Public Library.No: Snøen dalte sakte ned utenfor de store vinduene, og den varme gløden fra lampene fylte rommet.En: Snow gently drifted down outside the large windows, and the warm glow from the lamps filled the room.No: Det var en typisk vinterdag, og luften var fylt med forventning.En: It was a typical winter day, and the air was filled with anticipation.No: «Hvordan går det, Sindre?» spurte Ingrid med et smil.En: "How are you, Sindre?" Ingrid asked with a smile.No: Hun satte seg på stolen ved siden av ham, med en bunke bøker i armene.En: She sat down on the chair next to him, with a stack of books in her arms.No: Sindre så opp fra den tomme siden foran seg, litt frustrert.En: Sindre looked up from the blank page in front of him, a bit frustrated.No: «Jeg vet ikke, Ingrid...» svarte han.En: "I don't know, Ingrid..." he replied.No: «Jeg bare klarer ikke å sette i gang. Det er så mye jeg må gjøre for dette prosjektet om norsk folketro.»En: "I just can't get started. There's so much I have to do for this project on Norwegian folklore."No: Ingrid nikket forståelsesfullt.En: Ingrid nodded understandingly.No: Hun visste at Sindre ofte slet med å komme i gang, spesielt når vinterens fristelser som skiturer og snøballkriger lokket utenfor.En: She knew that Sindre often struggled to get going, especially when winter temptations like skiing trips and snowball fights beckoned outside.No: «La oss lage en plan,» foreslo hun.En: "Let's make a plan," she suggested.No: «Vi kan begynne med gamle sagn, og så jobber vi oss gjennom temaene.En: "We can start with old legends, and then work through the themes.No: Hva med å starte med "Hulder" og "Nøkken"?»En: How about starting with 'Hulder' and 'Nøkken'?"No: Sindre nikket, og de begynte å blande notater og bøker.En: Sindre nodded, and they began mixing notes and books.No: Tiden gikk, og Sindre følte seg mer fokusert med Ingrids ledelse.En: Time went by, and Sindre felt more focused with Ingrid's guidance.No: Likevel var klokken et problem.En: However, the clock was a problem.No: Biblioteket ville snart stenge.En: The library would soon be closing.No: «Vi må finne noe mer unikt,» mumlet Ingrid etter å ha lest gjennom flere kapitler.En: "We need to find something more unique," Ingrid muttered after reading through several chapters.No: Hun skummet sidene raskt.En: She skimmed the pages quickly.No: Plutselig lyste øynene hennes opp.En: Suddenly, her eyes lit up.No: «Se her, Sindre! En bok om sjeldne myter fra Nord-Norge!»En: "Look here, Sindre! A book about rare myths from Northern Norway!"No: Sindre lente seg fremover, ivrig.En: Sindre leaned forward, eager.No: «Dette er perfekt!» sa han.En: "This is perfect!" he said.No: «Vi kan bruke dette til å lage en spennende del av prosjektet.»En: "We can use this to create an exciting part of the project."No: Med kort tid igjen før biblioteket stengte, kastet de seg over den nye informasjonen.En: With little time left before the library closed, they threw themselves into the new information.No: De noterte, diskuterte, og samarbeidet intenst til sluttlysene i biblioteket ble dempet som et tegn på stenging.En: They noted, discussed, and collaborated intensely until the library's final lights dimmed as a sign of closing.No: Da de pakket sammen papirene sine og gjorde seg klare til å forlate den koselige varmen i biblioteket, så Sindre på Ingrid med et nytt blikk av takknemlighet.En: As they packed up their papers and prepared to leave the cozy warmth of the library, Sindre looked at Ingrid with a new look of gratitude.No: «Takk, Ingrid. Jeg hadde aldri klart dette uten deg,» sa han oppriktig.En: "Thank you, Ingrid. I could never have done this without you," he said sincerely.No: Ingrid smilte varmt.En: Ingrid smiled warmly.No: «Vi er et godt team,» sa hun.En: "We're a good team," she said.No: «Og nå har du lært at litt planlegging kan gjøre underverker.»En: "And now you've learned that a bit of planning can work wonders."No: Da de gikk ut i den kalde vinterkvelden, følte Sindre seg lettet og forberedt.En: As they stepped out into the cold winter evening, Sindre felt relieved and prepared.No: Prosjektet om norsk folketro var ferdig, og han skjønte nå hvor viktig tidshåndtering og samarbeid var.En: The project on Norwegian folklore was finished, and he now realized how important time management and collaboration were.No: Fra nå av ville han prøve å være mer som Ingrid – organisert og målbevisst.En: From now on, he would try to be more like Ingrid—organized and purposeful.No: Den natten dalte snøen fortsatt mykt ned, og Tromsø hvilte rolig under vinterens teppe, mens Sindre og Ingrid hadde jobbet sammen for å skape noe magisk på biblioteksbordet.En: That night, the snow still fell softly, and Tromsø rested peacefully under winter's blanket, while Sindre and Ingrid had worked together to create something magical at the library table. Vocabulary Words:drifted: dalteanticipation: forventningstack: bunkefrustrated: frustrertfolklore: folketrostruggled: sletbeckoned: lokkettemptations: fristelserskimmed: skummetunique: unikteager: ivrigsincerely: oppriktigcollaboration: samarbeidpurposeful: målbevisstcozy: koseligrelieved: lettetdimming: dempetgratitude: takknemlighettrips: skiturerintensely: intenstintriguing: spennendelegend: sagnrare: sjeldnethemes: temaenemanagement: tidshåndteringfocused: fokusertlamps: lampeneclock: klokkensmiled: smiltethrew: kastet

In this one, Cody talks to Merrick Johnston. The best way to describe her is that she's an athlete. Rock climbing, ice climbing, snowboarding, mountain biking, gymnastics, surfing, whitewater kayaking. You name it, she's probably at least tried it. But professionally, she's a skier and a mountaineer. It all started at a young age. She showed interest in the outdoors and her mom was more than happy to oblige because she loved being in the natural world too. So, Merrick learned about the outdoors from her mom. Always pushing her to go bigger, higher and faster. Together, they would do month-long trips skiing across the arctic or teaching cross-country skiing. And then when Merrick was 12, she became the youngest person to summit Denali. Her mom's teaching style was spartan, sure, but it never overshadowed her love and compassion for her daughter.  For 20 years, she's been a ski guide in places like Alaska, Wyoming and Norway. When she was 14, she worked as an assistant guide, and her first trip was to the Alaska Range. It was a bit of a disaster. She and another skilled mountaineer were multi-pitching a mountain called Dragon Spire in an area known as Little Switzerland. It was 40 pitches and they were out for 42-hours, causing them to miss their pick-up, which resulted in a search party being sent out for them. That was actually the first time her parents grounded her. She's learned a lot since then, though. Now, when she guides, she knows that it's important to make a plan and to stick to it, to never take unnecessary risks, and that it's important to design a trip so that it accommodates all skill levels.  She's done a lot of work getting to where she is now. She's a proud mom and a co-founder of Tromsø Ski Guides in Northern Norway. Along the way, there's been sexism, divorce and death. But regardless of the drama and the tragedy life can bring, she knows she can always find refuge in the mountains.   Photo by Martin Andersen

The best way to describe Merrick Johnston is that she's an athlete. Rock climbing, ice climbing, snowboarding, mountain biking, gymnastics, surfing, whitewater kayaking. You name it, she's probably at least tried it. But professionally, she's a skier and a mountaineer. It all started at a young age. She showed interest in the outdoors and her mom was more than happy to oblige because she loved being in the natural world too. So, Merrick learned about the outdoors from her mom. Always pushing her to go bigger, higher and faster. Together, they would do month-long trips skiing across the arctic or teaching cross-country skiing. And then when Merrick was 12, she became the youngest person to summit Denali. Her mom's teaching style was spartan, sure, but it never overshadowed her love and compassion for her daughter.  For 20 years, she's been a ski guide in places like Alaska, Wyoming and Norway. When she was 14, she worked as an assistant guide, and her first trip was to the Alaska Range. It was a bit of a disaster. She and another skilled mountaineer were multi-pitching a mountain called Dragon Spire in an area known as Little Switzerland. It was 40 pitches and they were out for 42-hours, causing them to miss their pick-up, which resulted in a search party being sent out for them. That was actually the first time her parents grounded her. She's learned a lot since then, though. Now, when she guides, she knows that it's important to make a plan and to stick to it, to never take unnecessary risks, and that it's important to design a trip so that it accommodates all skill levels.  She's done a lot of work getting to where she is now. She's a proud mom and a co-founder of Tromsø Ski Guides in Northern Norway. Along the way, there's been sexism, divorce and death. But regardless of the drama and the tragedy life can bring, she knows she can always find refuge in the mountains.   Photo by Martin Andersen

In this episode Gerry share some thoughts about the experience of travel from Alta, a small town in Northern Norway.

How bad is the current sea lice outbreak in Northern Norway, and could it have been prevented? In this week's episode, we dive into unprecedented sea lice levels caused by extreme sea temperatures, impacting multiple regions. We'll analyze data showing how far the situation has escalated compared to previous years, explore industry responses, and discuss potential long-term implications. Plus, we'll answer the pressing question: was there an opportunity to foresee this outbreak and take action sooner?  For more aquaculture insights head to our Fish n' Bits blog.

Hear about a road trip at the top of the world in Northern Norway as the Amateur Traveler talks to Torunn Tronsvang from Up Norway about this scenic but remote destination. Why should you go to Northern Norway? Torunn says, "There are so many good reasons why one should go to Northern Norway, and I think just as an introduction to Norway, I think it's worth mentioning the trend now of cool cations — skipping the hot and steamy Southern Europe and rather going up North to Norway. to Norway and Northern Norway." "And Northern Norway, of course, if I were to summarize in one word, regardless of season, I'd say, go there for the light. Because in the summer, you have the midnight sun, which means that you have this magical, radiant light all day and all night. If you go there in winter, you have the northern lights, but you also have arctic lights, so you have color nuances of pink, orange, sometimes turquoise, of course, you have the very green-yellow northern lights on clear and starry nights" Torunn recommends this itinerary... https://amateurtraveler.com/road-trip-in-northern-norway/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Al heel lang proberen mensen de plantenwereld naar hun hand te zetten. We selecteren en we kweken soorten waar we profijt van denken te hebben, vooral qua voeding maar ook wel omdat ze er mooi uitzien of beschutting bieden. Andere, niet meteen nuttig gevonden planten worden dan vaak ‘wilde planten' genoemd. Daarvan hebben we  er zo'n 2300 soorten in Nederland. Maar inmiddels hoort daar een woord bij, namelijk inheemse wilde planten. Want de mens heeft er voor gezorgd dat planten van elders steeds meer kansen bij ons krijgen. Onze insecten zijn niet geraadpleegd, en die kunnen vaak weinig met de nieuwelingen aanvangen en natuurlijke vijanden ontbreken vaak geheel.Vroeger al kenden we adventieve planten van elders, onder de naam pothoofdplanten, naar de aanlandingsplaats bij Deventer van graan vanuit de hele wereld voor meelfabrieken. Inmiddels komen er zo'n acht nieuwe soorten per jaar bij. Deze neofieten zijn voor een klein deel Zuid-Europese soorten die het nu via de klimaatopwarming ook bij ons beginnen te redden. Maar het merendeel zijn verwilderde, ingevoerde tuinplanten. Daarbij zijn er een aantal exotische soorten die inmiddels steeds sterker onze natuur bedreigen. Zulke soorten worden invasief genoemd. We bespreken hier een drietal opvallend oprukkende soorten..De Japanse duizendknoop komt met zijn ondergrondse wortelstokken door de kleinste spleten, de wortels vormen vrijwel onverwoestbare snoeren met knopen waaruit stengels groeien, een geheel dat niet alleen tuinen overwoekert, maar ook gebouwen, bruggen en wegen aantast. Begrazen door varkens maar nog beter door schapen vormt soms een deeloplossing. Voor de rest blijft niets anders dan eindeloos maaien, wortelstokken zorgvuldig uitgraven (en verwijderen in de grijze ton!). Heel West-Europa, Canada, Amerika, Australië en Nieuw-Zeeland, allemaal worstelen ze er mee. De plant is nota bene ooit door een Duitse arts in Leiden ingevoerd en verhandeld in zijn postorderbedrijf in de negentiende eeuw (een exemplaar staat nog in de Hortus).Makkelijker weg te krijgen maar gevaarlijker voor de gezondheid is de Reuzenberenklauw. Drie tot vijf meter hoog wordt die plant en aanraking op de huid leidt tot ernstige brandwonden. Met zijn grote witte bloemen is het een prachtige plant, in Noord-Noorwegen noemen ze hem zelfs trots de Tromsø-palm. Om ze op te ruimen is beschermende kleding nodig. Ondergronds uitsteken is de beste methode, maaien moet tot wel vijf keer per jaar. Begrazen met schapen en geiten is ook een oplossing. Een derde invasieve kampioen is de reuzenbalsemien. Het springzaad schiet als de vruchten rijp zijn vaak meters ver weg. Daardoor overwoekeren ze al heel snel een gebied. De plant is simpel uit te trekken, beter natuurlijk als de vruchten nog niet rijp zijn. Het probleem van alle drie soorten is vooral hun voorkomen in openbaar groen en natuurgebieden. Als de beheerders niet snel ingrijpen kan het binnen enkele jaren geheel uit de hand lopen. Des te belangrijker is het om in onze tuinen goed op te passen en deze soorten geen kans te geven op vermeerdering.Eng:Menno and Erwin: Invasive vs. Wild PlantsFor a long time, humans have tried to control the plant world. We select and cultivate species we think will benefit us, primarily for food but also because they look nice or provide shelter. Other plants that are not immediately seen as useful are often called ‘wild plants.' In the Netherlands, we have about 2,300 of these species. However, nowadays, we refer to them as native wild plants because humans have increasingly given plants from elsewhere a chance to thrive here. Our insects were not consulted, and they often cannot handle these newcomers, which usually lack natural enemies.In the past, we knew of adventive plants from elsewhere, known as ‘pothead plants,' named after the landing place in Deventer where grain from around the world arrived for flour mills. Nowadays, about eight new species arrive each year. These neophytes are partially southern European species that can now survive here due to climate warming. However, the majority are escaped, imported garden plants. Some exotic species have begun to significantly threaten our nature. These species are called invasive. Here, we discuss three notably aggressive species.Japanese Knotweed spreads through underground rhizomes that can penetrate the smallest cracks, forming nearly indestructible cords with nodes from which stems grow. This not only overtakes gardens but also damages buildings, bridges, and roads. Grazing by pigs, but even better by sheep, can sometimes provide a partial solution. Otherwise, endless mowing and carefully digging out (and disposing of in the grey bin) the rhizomes remain necessary. All of Western Europe, Canada, America, Australia, and New Zealand are struggling with it. Ironically, the plant was once introduced by a German doctor in Leiden and sold through his mail-order company in the nineteenth century (a specimen still stands in the Hortus).Giant Hogweed is easier to remove but more dangerous to health. This plant grows three to five meters tall, and contact with the skin can cause severe burns. With its large white flowers, it is a beautiful plant, even proudly called the Tromsø palm in Northern Norway. Protective clothing is necessary for removal. Digging out underground is the best method, and mowing must be done up to five times a year. Grazing with sheep and goats is also a solution.A third invasive champion is the Himalayan Balsam. Its seeds shoot meters away when the fruits are ripe, quickly overtaking an area. The plant is easy to pull out, preferably before the fruits are ripe. The problem with all three species is primarily their presence in public green spaces and nature reserves. If managers do not act quickly, it can get out of hand within a few years. It is, therefore, crucial to be vigilant in our gardens and not give these species a chance to multiply. Get full access to Menno en Erwin about Nature and Science at www.mennoenerwin.nl/subscribe

A Norway Trip Report...on today's Milenomics² Podcast 01:00 Scope: 2 weeks in Norway. Oslo, Tromso, Lofoten then back to Oslo for a few days. Wanted to get away from people. Love the coast, and Norway has a LOT of coastline Spent most of our time in the arctic Circle (but not considered the arctic) Map: 10:12 Outbound: Air France. LAX-CDG Plus a 4hr layover. Flight was smooth and the daytime departure was nice Got to experience the new LAX Air France lounge. Open 3 weeks ago. New is always better. 4hrs in CDG was perfect with kids. Got through immigration, train to the 2F terminal, settled into a lounge, everyone showered and then about 45 minutes later we were off to the gate Kids meal was pre-ordered and was great. CDG-OSL very basic, service by Amelia (by Air France) 20:10 Getting to Oslo from the airport Fly to vs Vy. Trains run every 10-20 minutes. Travel time is less than 30 minutes. Flytoget calls itself the 'fastest' airport train. This might be true, but only by a minute or two. Vy is a few minutes slower. Faster than driving even. Flytoget has Kids free vs VY so the prices start to converge when you take this into consideration approx $12 - 24 per person one way. Taxi was about $125. We had 4 of these one ways to do so we needed to get good at them. Vy app is not as good as the Ruter app for buying tickets with US credit cards. Stick to the Ruter app. Ruter and VY app cannot buy flytoget tickets, so Ruter + Flytoget app are the ideal combo. Tickets can also easily be bought at the ticket machines. 25:20 Clarion hotel the hub (a strawberry hotel) Location is great, just off Oslo central station 810(!) rooms. Norway's Largest hotel. Did not feel this big. Booked family size room for 16000 points With a Strata Premier this is 8000 TYP transferred to Choice. Included a pull out sofa which was already set up for us. Includes full buffet breakfast with omelette and crepe station. Nice, newish hotel. Certainly a great way to spend TYP and appreciate they book family rooms. Came back and worked to get connecting rooms. Seemed willing to even give some partial extra credit for the family room vs. 2 regular rooms. 30:58 Oslo: World city, really a great feel to the city, full of energy, parks and fantastic amounts of museums. 20+ Hours of daylight. People outdoors and a city that is alive. Paris and Prague feels. But English is a first or second language in most signs and interaction. Summer in Norway is Wildflower season. The landscaping in the cities is beautiful. Be Aware of your surroundings at night. There were some sketchy areas we stumbled into. Nothing too rough but still, be aware. Food was easy to find and diverse Interesting food halls: Oslo Street Food or Barcode Street Food Most world cuisine was easy to find and well done. Getting around is so easy. There are very few people driving cars. Taxis only really. Malls. So many malls. Beautiful they way they preserved the facade of the building and then you walk in and find a 3 story mall. NeoTokyo Store was stocked with Japanese toys/foods/snacks. Normal Store was a favorite of my two kids for candy/gum/interesting small dollar shopping for them. Gets rural quickly, leave city center and you're in the forest. Everything I saw ahead of visiting said to get out of Oslo -- I really, really enjoyed Oslo, and wish we spent more time there. SO much to explore. 35:24 Food in Norway Solid! Nothing like I was expecting Even in Tromso easy to find good options: Sushi, Thai, Fish & Chips, kid friendly food everywhere. Lofoten: had some meals out, touristy but to be expected. Our budget flex was that we had an airbnb in Tromso/Lofoten with a kitchen. Instead you could opt for prepared foods from the grocery. Reindeer: not bad. My 9 year old ordered it twice. Fruits and veggies are plentiful and easy to find in stores. Strawberry, raspberry, blueberry season. Fantastic berries that were easy to find. Had one meal that was Norwegian. It was 'ok.' Watermelon, passion fruit, grapes, nectarines, mangoes etc. 45:36 Travel to Tromso and Lofoten 1 quick 2hr flight on Norwegian Fine. Much better than southwest. Included 4 checked bags and overhead access. Incoming plane had everyone deplane and then boarded us and took off all in less than 35 minutes Pretty views from the plane on the right side as we approached Tromso. Tromso rental car: Hertz Months out cars were expensive. One way rentals to Lofoten were nearly $2000. Originally booked an Alamo rate about $700 for a week. Anything less than 7 days was over $1200. Was told this would be an automated kiosk. That's likely old info. All rental companies at the airport had full manned areas. Rented a VW ID.4 ev. Got a VW ID.4 $524 for a week. Tolls, ferries and parking meant a $300 pre-authorization. Ended up using about $80 in tolls with 1000 miles driven. Tolls are once per hour, regardless of how many you go through. Most tolls were under $2. Returned it late and nearly empty. I didn't want to bother charging it. Was quoted about $25 plus the cost of electricity if I returned it under “around 70%”. I decided to leave it as empty as possible and skip a charging stop on the return since I'm paying for the convenience. Tours: get your guide+ capital one shopping Commodity tours are a great use of capital one. Click through and don't buy, a few days later a good offer comes to email. Clicked through a common tour operator and didn't end up paying for the tour. Used some chase UR Received a 38.5% cash back offer from Capital One shopping Which….just worked! Took two tours down from 100 or so per person to 63 or so per person 51:29 Tromso: where to stay? The city is….well, a city. Has a few strawberry hotels and a Radisson Blu Parking is about $4/hr in the main tourists area. I don't know if any hotel has parking. You could certainly get around on public transit (hard with kids) even to far flung parts of the area. But being away from the city is quick and easy. 15 minutes puts you in an incredibly rural beautiful environment. If I had it to do over I'd stay on the island of Kvaløya near Esterboten or Sommory. You're close to Tromso but with incredible views: The best grocery store seemed to be the Eurospar on E862 No other store matched it for fresh fruits and veggies. Grocery prices are reasonable, stores are stocked with plenty of great fresh options and even some ethnic staples. Beer and Wine are expensive and wine is only sold at Vinmonopolat stores. 56:52 Low-ish season in Tromso / Lofoten Busy time is apparently northern lights and early spring for winter sports I thought summer in Tromso was fantastic Negatives, whale season is not summer. Did see some porpoise. Tours were 10-25% full. Small enough that you got to know the group. Slow pace in Northern Norway. Very Slow. 9-10 max 1:00:11 Tromso to Lofoten islands. This was the ultimate “what's the best way to get there” test Flying might have worked. Except cars were extremely pricey at Svolvaer, and the closet airport had a tiny runway. There are no direct flights from Tromso to Svolvaer. At some level it meant a full day of travel either by car or air. So we road tripped it. There are high speed Ferries that don't take cars, and drop you in Harstad (still not where we wanted to be). There are options that involve busses. But again with mobility issues (little kids) I wanted a car. Option 1: over land. 6hrs or so. About 500km. no views, and locals say not worth doing. Option 2: two ferries plus about 300km of driving. 8hrs. Option 3: Hurtigruten. Maybe 14 hrs but nearly direct. Not every day. Must prebook. Weird hours. If you're going to book this book it on the Norwegian language site (and maybe with a VPN) for the lowest pricing. Needed to decide which to do, booked nothing ahead of time. Originally decided on the south, direct drive. Was swayed by locals to take the ferries. Big mistake. Senja was a really beautiful place. Pivoted and made it work, thanks to my wife's quick Google searching and reassuring calming down. Just drive straight. Roads are easy and we did the return in just about 6hrs with a short break in the middle. I think a more standard trip is flying to Lofoten from either Oslo, Bergen or Bodo. Adding in Lofoten pushed the complexity up. I'm very glad we went to Lofoten I loved it, impossible to describe. My Final Route looked like this: 1:18:34 Ferries. Interesting for People, Terrible for Cars Cars line up early, fit very few cars. Tour Busses get to cut the line. Arrived about 50 minutes early and was #12 in line. For the second ferry in Gryllfjord I was an hour+ early and #65-70 in line (!) Scan license place and auto charge. People without a car are free EV pays half price Seems like a service to connect islands with last mile service, not as a method of reliable car transport Not worth doing. Long waits, no way to pre-book and no guarantee you can get on these ferries. 1:20:44 Lofoten: Need to get beyond Svolvaer for the best of the islands. Svolvaer is any other fishing village. Past Svolvaer is unlike anywhere I've ever been. Islands as far as the eye can see, some of the best driving I've ever done Harrowing roads in some places where you need to pass a bus or truck and there isn't enough room Peace and quiet. Weather was unusually warm. Anyone can take a good picture in Lofoten. Surprising numbers of beaches and swimmable areas. Tours: Oslo: brunch on the fjord, nice but nothing overly impressive about the brunch. Fram Museum (Fantastic, captivated my two kids for 90+ minutes) Tromso: fjord boat tour, arctic fishing. Incredible with the weather we had. Husky cafe tour and training Floating sauna and swim Lofoten: silent trollfjord tour, beaches Henningsvær, Lofoten: Extremely touristy. 1:33:20 Return to Oslo and Return home. By now we're pros getting to/from Oslo Airport Back to the hotel for connecting rooms....that were not ready for us Let it go a day, fixed it the next day. 3 days in Olso: Shopping, city exploration, parks and playgrounds for the kids. Could have spent more time and seen even more museums. Return home on Air France, overnight in Paris. It all just worked. 1:45:15 Overall impressions Such a laid back country. Almost too laid back (ferry story). Food was not an issue at all. A huge misconception is that the food here is not accessible. Cigarette smoking is everywhere unfortunately. Alcohol laws are not in line with the rest of Europe and can be pricey. Sunday is a big deal. Almost all stores close. Joker groceries are open Sunday. Tourist towns like Tromso are….touristy but people also live there. Fun to visit the malls and see their daily lives. Talking to people led us to some of the best surprises of the trip. Nice to be in a country where we could communicate easily. Midnight sun was more of a feature than a bug. We packed our days often going 8am to 10pm Driving 1000+miles was a mix of very easy and white knuckling. Speed limits make no sense. Lots of Amalfi style 1.5 lane roads in Senja and the Lofoten Islands.

Are you reaching for the ultimate? Are you really choosing everything you could choose?  In today's episode of Choice, Change and Action Simone Milasas talks with Andy Dorantes about her adventures in life and living, including her climb to the top of Mt Everest and her latest endeavour, cycling from Northern Norway to the south of Portugal. The things Andy has chosen are incredible and such an inspiration, but she had to get out of her comfort zone to take action. Where are you buying into what other people and this society tell you that you can and cannot do? Andy has come to discover that the only thing you have to do is to choose something, and the rest falls into place. The universe has your back! Keys to success What If The Whole World Was Your Home? Taste Life. Explore Something Different The Joy Of Going Solo Trust Your Body The Seven Summits Keep Going With Your Reality, No Matter What Losing The Distraction Of Time No Reference Points What Do You Want To Contribute To? Daily Questions "Who am I today and what grand and glorious adventures am I going to have?" "What else could I choose and what can I actualize to have a bigger, greater life?"  "If I didn't have any reference points, what would I choose?"  "If I was choosing my reality with this (business, bodies, money, etc.) what would I choose?"  Useful Links: The Clearing Statement explained Access Consciousness Website Choice, Change & Action Podcast Instagram Follow Simone Milasas Simone Milasas' Website Simone Milasas' Instagram Simone Milasas' Facebook Simone Milasas' YouTube Simone Milasas' Telegram Simone Milasas' Contact Email  Follow Andy Dorantes Andy Dorantes' Website Andy Dorantes' Instagram Andy Dorantes' Facebook Play with Simone Milasas The Profit Club membership Getting Out of Debt Joyfully Taking Action online video course All Upcoming Classes with Simone Past Class Recordings As Mentioned In This Episode Andy Dorantes' Youtube Documentary: https://youtu.be/nyOZcY93ZeA?si=SkFEaElx7q_rZafk  Andy Dorantes' Go fund me page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fuel-andys-solo-adventure-across-europe?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=customer&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&attribution_id=sl:92891e87-7675-4317-a9f4-872df932f992  Joy of Business book: https://www.accessconsciousness.com/en/shop-catalog/book/joy-of-business/  Getting Out of Debt Joyfully book: https://www.accessconsciousness.com/en/shop-catalog/book/getting-out-of-debt-joyfully/ 

The Arctic is changing more rapidly than anywhere else on earth due to climate change, and this is profoundly impacting the people that live in and depend on the ecosystems in these cold regions. In Season 7, Episode 13, host Sarah Thorne and cohost Jeff King, National Lead of the Engineering With Nature (EWN) Program, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), welcome back Laura Wendling, Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF Community in Trondheim, Norway. We continue our conversation on how innovative nature-based solutions (NBS) are being used in cold regions. After recording Episode 12, Laura was headed to the Gaia Arctic Summit held in Vesterålen in Northern Norway. The summit focused on how to accelerate the transition to climate resilience in the Arctic. She returned inspired: “It was fabulous from start to finish. The landscape there is absolutely stunning, and I think seeing it really brought home how important it is that we protect this beautiful area and the people who live there.” The summit brought together people from policy, finance, business, research and innovation, and public administration. “The main message for me is the need to collaborate across disciplines in how we work every day—not just having a meeting once a year but how we work in our daily life and how we plan things.”Laura goes on to discuss the policies, challenges, and opportunities for advancing NBS in cold regions and some of the efforts going on in Europe. She notes that there is strong explicit support for NBS within the European Green Deal and associated strategies such as the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030—policies designed to set goals to deliver on international commitments. One of the challenges that Laura notes is aligning policy at various levels, from the high-level European national policies to those on the ground at the local level. Jeff notes a similar challenge in the US: “Even those individuals or organizations that are receptive to the idea of NBS still have their own set of policies, rules, or regulations that they must adhere to and sometimes those can be contrary to the overall goal of integrating NBS into a landscape. We must find that common ground and be able to highlight the value of NBS and what that means for local economies, sustainability, and resilience.”Laura also notes challenges in valuing NBS and making trade-offs are particularly evident in the Arctic. “Where we see the sea ice dissolving and opening up new transport routes and revealing previously unknown mineral resources, there are all sorts of development possibilities. How do we ensure that the Arctic is developing in a way that's consistent with the needs and desires of the local populations?”Looking forward, Jeff highlights the ongoing work at ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. “We are continuing to prioritize NBS and look for opportunities to integrate NBS concepts and projects into our Arctic communities. International collaboration is something that I want to see EWN continue to support.” Laura agrees with this effort and has a call to action for listeners: “I would ask everybody listening—our global community—to think about a consolidated action plan to engage the full range of stakeholders and move across borders to address the issues of climate change because climate change doesn't stop at borders. We all have to work together. Only global action is going to have the outcome that we all need.”We hope you enjoy our final Season 7 episodes on NBS in cold regions with Laura Wendling. Season 8 kicks off in September. For more information and resource links, please visit the EWN Podcast page on the EWN website at https://www.engineeringwithnature.org/  •      Jeff King at LinkedIn•      Laura Wendling at LinkedIn 

The problem of communities located far from the centers in all three Southern Estonia, Northern Norway and Upper Austria Alps is marginalization and, with it, worsening poverty and loneliness. How can arts and do artist have the power to stop it? In order for life on the outskirts to function, a vibrant community must exist or emerge there. Ideally, there should be a balance between different age groups in the community, in other words, so that the community is not only formed by those who could not leave. This discussion aims to share initatives, practical examples on how arts or artists have helped to overcome marginalization and extinction of region and given new opportunities for people and especially youth. Arutelus osalejad: Arutelujuht: Aleksandr Fadeev (Tartu 2024) Arutelu korraldaja: Tartu 2024

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on June 12th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell

This is part of my Folklore Friday Series, where I am sharing an Icelandic folklore story every Friday in 2024. A Magical Woman from Norway Migrates to Iceland In the book of the Icelanders, or Landnámabók, is a person named Þuríður syndafyllir and her son Völu-Steinn. They immigrated from Northern Norway and settled in Bolungarvík in the Westfjords of Iceland.It was rumored that Þuríður had incredible powers. One story about her when she lived in Norway was that she cast a spell that filled all the straits with fish. Fighting Over Land – Petty or Justified? This particular Folklore story is about a quarrel she had with her brother Þjóðólfur. One day her brother asked Þuríður to give him land at Bolungarvík. She agreed to letting him have the land he could fence in on his own in a day.While Þjóðólfur had planned to fence off land that started at Stigi and included Hlíðardalur, and Tungudalur, he only made it about half way to the middle of Tungudalur. Even though the deal was pretty clear, Þjóðólfur was not happy that his sister would not allow him to also have Tungudalur included as part of his land.To get back at her for denying him, he decided to steal one of her ox that she kept at Stigihlíð. To Þjóðólfur´s suprise, his sister caught him trying to steal the ox and ran after him. He was quick but she caught up to him at Ófæra and tried to get the animal back. However, her brother won that battle.Not one to be outdone, Þuríður cast a spell upon Þjóðólfur that would turn him into a stone that many birds would defecate on. The part about being pooped on is specifically part of this story. LOL. Well, her brother was magically inclined as well, and he cast a spell for her to be turned into a rock that is placed where the highest winds blow. Turning Each Other to Stone Well, both of their spells worked and each turned into stone. Þjóðólfur became a rock that rolled into the water but was never full submerged. A variety of birds would land on it and leave behind their waste. Apparently, the locals knew of this story and the stone.They called in Þjóðólfur after the brother and would talk about it when walking by. It is said that in 1936, the stone vanished probably because the end of the spell had been reached. Þuríður became a stone at the northern part of Óshlíð and might still be there to this day. Make Your Own Itinerary with My Iceland Map Another great resource is to grab full access to my Iceland map. This map was created for those who want to pick out places and hidden gems around Iceland to make up their own itinerary or add to one that they already created.With full access, you get over 280 places that I recommend in Iceland, along with four itineraries to use for planning your trip. Those itineraries include a 10-day Ring Road trip, a 3-day South Iceland trip, The Famous Golden Circle and a Reykjanes Peninsula Day Trip.A one-time purchase gives you lifetime access, which includes any updates I make to the map.Here is a link to my Iceland map: rexby.com/jewells/Iceland. Random Fact of the Episode Óshlíð, the historical road connecting Bolungarvík and Hnífsdalur, began construction in the 1950s and was once the sole link for Bolungarvík residents to Iceland's road network. As of 2010, the route no longer accommodates vehicle traffic due to the opening of the new Bolungarvík tunnel. However, Óshlíð has been repurposed as a scenic outdoor area for recreation. The smooth pavement provides ideal conditions for cyclists and runners seeking a nature immersion. The imposing cliffs towering 300 to 400 meters above can make one feel quite diminutive.Óshlíð is notorious for its challenging road conditions, with frequent avalanches, rockfalls, and debris. Parts of the road have deteriorated due to harsh weather and coastal erosion. Consequently, tourists are urged to exercise caution and park their cars at either end of the pass.

Send us a Text Message.Today we welcome Dimitris Kostopoulos to Inside the Taubman Approach. I love this interview so much. Here's why: Dimitris came across the Taubman Technique tapes during a questioning period in his professional career. He studied these 10 DVD's for years. He understood the concepts and the language used to the point where he began to apply them to his playing. But - it was not until he met Edna Golandsky that he realized he that he needed to study this incredible work with an expert one on one. Dimitris in his story shows how studying the Taubman Approach online with an expert really is effective. https://kostopoulos.no/Dimitris Kostopoulos was born in 1984, and grew up in Bodø, Norway. He is among the leading Norwegian pianists of his generation, and holds a Master's degree in piano from the Barratt Due Institute of Music and the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. His main teacher was the recognized Czech professor Jiri Hlinka. In addition to this, he has participated in masterclasses with the Norwegian professor Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, the Dutch professor Marcel Baudet and the Swedish professor Hans Pålsson. He as also studied the work of Dorothy Taubman and Edna Golandsky through the Taubman Techniques.Dimitris Kostopoulos has established himself as a professional concert pianist with performances at several of Norway's most famous music festivals and concert halls. His performances as pianist includes the Bergen International Music Festival, ULTIMA Contemporary Music Festival, Oslo Grieg Festival, The Hemsing Festival, Nordland Music Festival, the Music Festival of Northern Norway, the Northern Light Festival and the Opera in Oslo, Oslo Concert Hall and many other venues. In addition to this, he has performed regularly abroad giving concerts in Sweden, Vietnam, Portugal, Lithuania, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Italy and Russia.As a soloist, Kostopoulos has performed with many orchestras, including the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuaninan State Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Camerata, Tromsø Symphony Orchestra, Barratt Due Symphony Orchestra, Banda Sinfonica da PSP, Bodø Sinfonietta, the MiNensemble, Narvik City Symphony Orchestra, Bodø City Symphony Orchestra and LVO. Kostopoulos has worked with conductors such as Bjarte Engeseth, Arvid Engegård, Stephan Barratt-Due, Pierre-André Valade, Jonathan Stockhammer, Torodd Wigum, Alf Richard Kraggerud, Terje Boye Hansen, Jan Ludvig Jacobsen and Nicolas Carthy.Another important part of Kostopoulos' career is his devotion to chamber music. His mother was a professional soprano, and already from the age of 13 he started to accompany her and perform concerts with her. Since then chamber music has been a natural part of his work as a pianist, resulting in collaborations with many of Norway's leading musicians such as Catharina Chen, Guro Kleven Hagen, Audun Sandvik, Bjarne Magnus Jensen, Ragnhild Hemsing, Eldbjørg Hemsing, Cathrine Bullock, Ingebjørg Kosmo, Angelica Voje, Christian Mortensen and others.Internationally recognized and rewardedSince 2011 he has held the position as pianist in the MiNensemble. This is a chamber music ensemble based in northern Norway, touring throughout Norway as well as internationally.The Golandsky Institute's mission is to provide cutting-edge instruction to pianists based on the groundbreaking work of Dorothy Taubman. This knowledge can help them overcome technical and musical challenges, cure and prevent playing-related injuries, and lead them to achieve their highest level of artistic excellence.Please visit our website at: www.golandskyinstitute.org.

This week's episode is coming to you from Northern Norway, the coldest place to have ever existed as far as I'm concerned.  This week, we've got our first episode of Ups and Downs, where we discuss who's benefited from the live pre-party performances in Madrid, and who probably wishes they'd spent a week on a Barcelona beach instead! Check it out!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Life in Norway Show Episode 78: Daniela Laguniak, an expedition leader with Havila Voyages, tells us about her relocation to Northern Norway and her working life on the Norwegian coastal route. Originally from Germany, she is fluent in three languages and lives in a remote part of Finnmark, Northern Norway. Daniela worked a seasonal tourism job at the North Cape in 2012 and then made the decision to move to Norway permanently. She now lives in Tana, one of the most remote parts of Arctic Norway, with her Sami partner. She also talks about her working life on board the Havila Polaris, where she works for 22 days, followed by 22 days off. It's a shift pattern that wouldn't suit everyone, but it suits Daniela perfectly. Full Show Notes: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/moving-from-germany-to-arctic-norway/

The week of February 13th, 1944 began with the Allies raiding Hong Kong and giving supplies to French resistance fighters. The next day a British submarine sank a German u-boat in a rare Pacific theater battle involving Germans. On Tuesday the 15th, the Soviets began their first offensive in the Battle of Narva while a Japanese cruiser was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine. By the middle of the week the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket ended in a Soviet victory with German forces fleeing for their lives, while American forces launched Operation Hailstone, a massive attack against a Japanese naval and air base in the Caroline Islands. As that was happening the U.S. scored an important victory against Japan in The Battle of Karavia Bay. Simultaneously, eight-hundred allied planes raided Berlin. The Germans would counter two days later by shelling London in the heaviest bombing of the British capital since 1941. This helped lead to NBC's War Telescope news program on Saturday February 19th, entitled “Britain is a Fortress.” It took to the air at 1:45PM from WEAF in New York. The lieutenant Elmer Peterson interviewed was James Forrest Luma, born on August 27th, 1922 in Helena, Montana. At eighteen he was too young to enter flight training for the U.S., so he signed up for the Royal Canadian Air Force and was sent to England. A month after this broadcast, Lieutenant Luma was involved with only one other pilot in an air raid that saw three German planes shot down and seventeen others retreat in flames. Overall, he shot down five enemy planes in combat and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts. Later this year, he was transferred to a U.S. Army Air Forces Squadron, serving until July of 1945. James Luma lived to be ninety-six, passing away February 4th, 2019, just shy of seventy-five years to the date of giving this interview to Elmer Peterson. The day after this broadcast, The Allies launched "Big Week", a six-day strategic bombing campaign against the Third Reich, while Erwin Rommel completed a four-day inspection tour of Germany's Atlantic Wall which stretched from Southern France all the way to Northern Norway. He reported to Hitler that the German coastal defenses were up to all requirements, but the Germans knew that the day of a full scale western European invasion by the allied powers was coming.

#163. Eric Brossier has dedicated his life to science on board the polar sailboat Vagabond. In this inspiring chat, he shares some memories like the dramatic moment of being trapped in ice under dangerous circumstances, not long time ago. With his wife and daughters, Eric has travelled to unique places such as Northern Norway, Greenland and Canada, just to mention a few of them. If you wish to listen to the full episode, please head to: https://podcastmaresonora.com/ and check out the "SUPPORT" section. To know more about Eric Brossier, visit: ⁠https://vagabond.fr/⁠ Cheers, Marina PORTUGUÊS: Eric Brossier dedica sua vida à ciência a bordo do veleiro polar, Vagabond. Neste bate-papo inspirador, ele compartilha experiências marcantes, como quando ficou preso no gelo em condições perigosas. Com esposa e filhas, Eric já velejou em locais fantásticos: norte da Noruega, Groelândia e Canadá, para citar alguns dos destinos. Para ouvir o bate-papo completo, escolha a opção que preferir: contribuição via PIX, assinatura no Spotify ou pelo YouTube. Saiba tudo no site: https://podcastmaresonora.com/ através da seção "APOIE". Conheça mais sobre Eric Brossier pelo link a seguir: https://vagabond.fr/ Um grande abraço e bons ventos, Marina

Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: The Great Reindeer Chase: A Winter Adventure in Oslo Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/the-great-reindeer-chase-a-winter-adventure-in-oslo Story Transcript:Nb: En kald vintermorgen i Oslo våknet Lars til lyden av naboens skrik.En: On a cold winter morning in Oslo, Lars woke up to the sound of the neighbor's screams.Nb: Kikket ut vinduet og kunne ikke tro det han så.En: He looked out the window and couldn't believe what he saw.Nb: "Ingrid, kom!En: "Ingrid, come!"Nb: ", ropte han.En: he shouted.Nb: "Det er et reinsdyr på gata!En: "There's a reindeer in the street!"Nb: "Ingrid, hans lille søster, sprang til vinduet og så reinsdyret.En: Ingrid, his little sister, ran to the window and saw the reindeer.Nb: Hennes øyne strålte.En: Her eyes sparkled.Nb: Et ekte reinsdyr!En: A real reindeer!Nb: Men litt redsel sivet inn.En: But a little fear crept in.Nb: Hva om det ble skadet?En: What if it got hurt?Nb: Ville ikke det være fælt?En: Wouldn't that be awful?Nb: Liksom et pust fra Nord-Norge, begynte eventyret vårt.En: Like a breath from Northern Norway, our adventure began.Nb: Lars og Ingrid hadde aldri sett et reinsdyr i Oslo før.En: Lars and Ingrid had never seen a reindeer in Oslo before.Nb: Gi et navn til reinsdyret, foreslo Ingrid.En: Give the reindeer a name, suggested Ingrid.Nb: "Olav", sa Lars.En: "Olav," said Lars.Nb: Det hørtes sterkt ut.En: It sounded strong.Nb: Nå var det tid for å tenke.En: Now it was time to think.Nb: "Vi må fange Olav, men nøye oss", sa Lars rolig.En: "We have to catch Olav, but be careful," Lars said calmly.Nb: Ingrid nikket, hun var klar for jobben.En: Ingrid nodded, she was ready for the task.Nb: De løp ut, pakket inn i vinterskjerf og hansker.En: They ran out, bundled up in winter scarves and gloves.Nb: Lars ledet, Ingrid fulgte tett etter.En: Lars led, Ingrid followed closely behind.Nb: De fant Olav ved Holmenkollen, redd og forvirret.En: They found Olav near Holmenkollen, scared and confused.Nb: Lars holdt opp en gulrot, håpte det ville tiltrekke Olav.En: Lars held up a carrot, hoping it would attract Olav.Nb: I stedet løp Olav vekk.En: Instead, Olav ran away.Nb: Ingrid ble redd.En: Ingrid became scared.Nb: Men Lars sa, "Ikke bekymre deg, vi får ham.En: But Lars said, "Don't worry, we'll get him."Nb: "Gjennom dagen, gjennom gatene i Oslo, jaktet barna Olav.En: Throughout the day, through the streets of Oslo, the children hunted for Olav.Nb: Men han forble alltid litt foran dem.En: But he always remained just ahead of them.Nb: Fra Frognerparken til Oslofjorden, det ble ikke lettere.En: From Frogner Park to the Oslo Fjord, it didn't get any easier.Nb: Til slutt, da sola nesten var borte, fikk de Olav på Aker Brygge.En: Finally, when the sun was almost gone, they found Olav at Aker Brygge.Nb: Med forsiktige skritt, nærmet de seg dyret.En: With cautious steps, they approached the animal.Nb: "Vi er venner, Olav", sa Lars rolig.En: "We are friends, Olav," Lars said calmly.Nb: Reinsdyret stanset, snudde seg, og til deres forbløffelse, kom det mot Lars.En: The reindeer stopped, turned around, and to their astonishment, it came towards Lars.Nb: Det tok gulroten, og deretter begynte det å roe seg.En: It took the carrot, and then it started to calm down.Nb: "Hva nå?En: "What now?"Nb: " spurte Ingrid, da de stod med Olav.En: Ingrid asked, as they stood with Olav.Nb: "Vi må få ham hjem, til Nord-Norge," svarte Lars.En: "We have to get him home, to Northern Norway," Lars replied.Nb: Ingen visste hvordan, men de ville prøve.En: Nobody knew how, but they would try.Nb: Olav ville få hjelp, og barna var villige til å hjelpe.En: Olav would get help, and the children were willing to help.Nb: De skulle vise alle at to små fra byen kunne redde en venn.En: They would show everyone that two kids from the city could save a friend.Nb: Og slik, fra denne vintermorgenen i Oslo, begynte deres store eventyr.En: And thus, from this winter morning in Oslo, their great adventure began.Nb: Ingen visste utfallet, men de var klare.En: Nobody knew the outcome, but they were ready.Nb: Et reinsdyr i Oslo?En: A reindeer in Oslo?Nb: Uvanlig, ja.En: Unusual, yes.Nb: Men for to barn som elsket eventyr, var det bare begynnelsen.En: But for two children who loved adventure, it was only the beginning. Vocabulary Words:On: Påa: encold: kaldwinter: vintermorning: morgenin: iOslo: OsloLars: Larswoke up: våknetto: tilthe: densound: lydenof: avneighbor's: naboensscreams: skrikHe: Hanlooked out: kikket utwindow: vinduetand: ogcouldn't believe: kunne ikke trowhat: hvahe: hansaw: såIngrid: Ingridcome: komshouted: ropteThere's: Det erreindeer: reinsdyrin: påstreet: gata

Life in Norway Show #76: From the Sami Parliament and efforts to keep the languages alive to the importance of handicrafts and song, we hear all about Sami culture in 2024. Full Show Notes: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/sami-culture-podcast/ The recent wind turbine controversy has brought Sami culture and indigenous rights back into the headlines here in Norway, and around the world. Bodø is about to start its year as European Capital of Culture, and the team has put Sami culture at the very heart of the program. So, who better to introduce us to the various aspects of Sami culture than Maria Hernes Bær, the coordinator of the Sami program for Bodø 2024. We talk about Sami identity, some elements of the culture including what tourists experience and what they don't, and the plans to showcase Sami culture at Bodø 2024.

As we reach the tipping points of climate change, how will our world change? Greenland has already lost 4,700 billion metric tons of ice, an amount that is enough to flood the entire United States in 1.5 feet of water.Peter D. Ditlevsen is an Associate Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University. The institute was founded in 1921 as the Institute for Theoretical Physics. Ditlevsen is a Professor in Physics of Ice, Climate, and Earth. His fields of interest include climate research, turbulence, meteorology, complex systems, time series analysis, and statistical physics.What happens if we lose the Greenland ice sheet and pass the tipping points and Earth systems shut down?If that shuts down, roughly speaking, the climate of Northern Europe would be like the climate of Alaska. So, climate models that actually simulate what happens when it's shut down, would say that England becomes like Northern Norway, which means that food security and things like that will be threatened because you cannot grow many crops in Northern Norway. And other models say precipitation changes, so places that are wet might become dry, and so on. So, these are of course severe consequences for Europe, but in some sense, this is going in the opposite direction of global warming. We're all talking about we're getting into a warmer world, but I'm talking about a cooling here. But the warm water that does not then flow from the tropics into the North Atlantic will stay in the tropics. And there, you're not contra-balancing global warming. There you will have the heating on top of the global warming. And that I see as maybe the largest problem we have is that the tropics become even warmer. And we have to realize if you live in a place where mean temperatures are maybe late thirties Celsius and or rise to the forties livelihood becomes very difficult.https://nbi.ku.dk/english/staff/?pure=en/persons/peter-ditlevsen(77e9801a-6b31-4488-a282-6c99a406a5f1)/cv.htmlwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

As we reach the tipping points of climate change, how will our world change? Greenland has already lost 4,700 billion metric tons of ice, an amount that is enough to flood the entire United States in 1.5 feet of water.Peter D. Ditlevsen is an Associate Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University. The institute was founded in 1921 as the Institute for Theoretical Physics. Ditlevsen is a Professor in Physics of Ice, Climate, and Earth. His fields of interest include climate research, turbulence, meteorology, complex systems, time series analysis, and statistical physics.What happens if we lose the Greenland ice sheet and pass the tipping points and Earth systems shut down?If that shuts down, roughly speaking, the climate of Northern Europe would be like the climate of Alaska. So, climate models that actually simulate what happens when it's shut down, would say that England becomes like Northern Norway, which means that food security and things like that will be threatened because you cannot grow many crops in Northern Norway. And other models say precipitation changes, so places that are wet might become dry, and so on. So, these are of course severe consequences for Europe, but in some sense, this is going in the opposite direction of global warming. We're all talking about we're getting into a warmer world, but I'm talking about a cooling here. But the warm water that does not then flow from the tropics into the North Atlantic will stay in the tropics. And there, you're not contra-balancing global warming. There you will have the heating on top of the global warming. And that I see as maybe the largest problem we have is that the tropics become even warmer. And we have to realize if you live in a place where mean temperatures are maybe late thirties Celsius and or rise to the forties livelihood becomes very difficult.https://nbi.ku.dk/english/staff/?pure=en/persons/peter-ditlevsen(77e9801a-6b31-4488-a282-6c99a406a5f1)/cv.htmlwww.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.orgIG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

Life in Norway Show Episode 75: One of the most common questions I receive at Life in Norway is about retirement, specifically the idea of moving to Norway to retire. Full Show Notes: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/retirement-to-northern-norway/ Now, while at the moment I plan to retire here, that's not the same thing as moving here when already retired. I always thought that was a difficult thing to do, but a Life in Norway reader recently got in touch to share their story, and I immediately invited them on to the show. Not only have they retired to Norway, but they've retired to a remote part of Northern Norway. In today's show I talk to Trevor Rulton about the benefits of challenges of living in a remote area, what everyday life is like, the admin process of moving to Norway, and lots more.

Beirut is the musical project of multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer Zach Condon. The Santa Fe born Condon has garnered a worldwide following with his  blend of indie, folk, pop and world music, behind hit songs like 'Santa Fe' and 'Nantes'. For his latest album 'Hadsel' Concon set up shop in the small town of Hadsel in Northern Norway. We spoke with him about the album, his struggles with his voice, being a night person, his obsessive nature, layering his own vocals, not being made for the road, and a lot more! Interview by: Robin HignellSupport the showThank you for listening! For more interviews with your favorite artists visit the FaceCulture YouTube channel.

This episode is a special one for a few reasons. First, we are saluting the United States Navy which is celebrating its 248th birthday! In tribute of that anniversary, we thought it would be appropriate that this episode feature someone from the US Navy, so I am honored to introduce our guest, Captain Jonathan Lipps, Commander of Task Force SIX FOUR, and NATOs commander Task Group Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) which is assigned to Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, otherwise known as STRIKFORNATO.As it happened, on the day of our interview in June, and down to the hour in fact, Commodore Lipps was celebrating 30 years of serving in the United States Navy. The timing of our interview and the Commodores work anniversary was pure happenstance, but I felt a sense of honor that we could mark that milestone together. Congratulations Sir! We at Go Bold are also celebrating an anniversary of sorts because this is our 50th episode! It's a great milestone, and it's all thanks to our team, to our amazing listeners, and to all the wonderful guests that we have had from allied militaries around the world! Thanks to you all, and GO BOLD!So that brings me to my guest for today's episode, Commodore Jonathan Lipps, whose career focus has been on Integrated Air and Missile Defense. The importance of IAMD cannot be understated because it is meant to protect territory, populations and forces against air and missile threat and attack; and it is meant to contribute to deterrence. It's an incredibly important topic, and one that is more topical today than perhaps ever before.In this episode you'll hear Commodore Lipps speak about his journey in the US Navy, including his perspective on the development of IAMD capability in the US Navy. This includes the first intercepts of ballistic missile targets with the Standard Missile-3 guided missile; his time at the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex; and his time at the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System in Romania.We also talk about multi-domain integration, and modern data-links which support real-time engagement of distributed weapons across the Joint Force. We then talk about Exercise Formidable Shield 2023 and why it is so important for NATO.Exercise Formidable Shield is Europe's largest and most complex IAMD Exercise. It is a biennial exercise which is meant to demonstrate Allied interoperability in a joint live-fire, Integrated Air and Missile Defense environment using NATO command and control reporting structures. The exercise took place over a 1,000 nautical mile area from the west coast of Scotland to Northern Norway -- so that's from the North Atlantic to the Arctic Circle -- and it brings together ships, aircraft and ground based units from throughout the NATO alliance.Commodore Lipps was the Task Group Commander of the exercise, and his command ship was the Spanish guided missile frigate, SPS Blas de Lezo (F103).A total of 20 surface ships from across NATO took part in the exercise, with ships from the United States, France, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands launching numerous missiles against subsonic, supersonic and ballistic missile targets. These missiles included the Aster-15, Aster-30, Standard Missile-2, and Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles (ESSM).Not only did ships fire missiles, but land units employing HIMARS and NASAMS also engaged targets during Formidable Shield.Integrated Air and Missile Defense is a fascinating topic, and even more so when you think of the maritime application of the capability, so you don't want to miss this front-seat perspective from a pioneer and expert in this capability -- our guest, Commodore Jonathan Lipps, of the United States Navy.Thank you, Commodore Lipps, for your time and kindness, and for your service!Go Bold!

In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, we are joined by fellow Goldenite, Andrew Terrill. Starting in 1997, Andrew walked more than 7,000 miles from the southernmost point of Italy to northern Norway, an 18-month journey across the wild parts of Europe. Needless to say, learning about this unique and fascinating trek is the focus of today's chat, as we learn what inspired Andrew to take on this route that no one had ever done previously, how he was received by locals throughout his journey, standout stories from his adventure- including running into the Italian mafia, his favorite stretches of trail, and how this journey helped him overcome his social anxiety. This hike is unlike anything we've ever featured on the podcast, and we think you'll really enjoy learning more about Andrew's story.  We wrap the show with news of a giveaway The Trek is hosting, featuring nearly $15,000 worth of backpacking gear, what our "liked it before it was cool" brags are, the Triple Crown of things that are the modern-day cigarette, and an epic listener email on the legality of stabbing people who enter your tent. Range Meal Bars: Use code “THETREK” for 20% off at rangemealbar.com. PACT Outdoors: Use code “TREK20” for 20% off and free shipping at pactoutdoors.com. Goodr: Use code “BACKPACKER” for free shipping on your first order at goodr.com/backpacker. Gossamer Gear: Use code “TAKESHELTER” for 20% off shelters at gossamergear.com.  RTIC Outdoors: Shop at rticoutdoors.com. [divider] Interview with Andrew Terrill Andrew Terrill Website Andrew's Instagram Andrew's Facebook  Time stamps & Questions 00:04:55 - Reminders: Support us on Patreon 00:05:54 - Introducing Andrew Terrill  00:06:31 - Tell us about living in Golden, CO  00:07:04 - Why Golden instead of other Colorado cities?  00:07:59 - How did you meet your wife?  00:10:23 - Were you appreciative of the email addresses?  00:11:14 - What was the inspiration for your journey?  00:14:25 - What were you doing for work at the time? 00:15:28 - Did you get any support in quitting your job to hike?  00:17:10 - Can you tell us the scary story from the Pyrenees?  00:20:36 - What injuries did you get?  00:22:58 - How did that experience not make you shy away from hiking?  00:23:50 - Did you dread sharing the news of your fall?  00:25:02 - It's 1997, how did you plan the logistics?  00:27:58 - How many times was the lucky coin unlucky?  00:29:26 - Did your fall make you want to pursue risk more?  00:31:07 - Tell us about being warned of the mafia  00:34:10 - Do you speak Italian? 00:34:32 - Was the threat of the mafia present through the full trip?  00:36:32 - Tell us about your gear back then?  00:39:30 - What happens when you leave Calambria?  00:40:51 - What mistakes did you think you made?  00:42:12 - Tell us about getting lost?  00:45:42 - What were the logistics of camping on this journey? 00:48:26 - Why did you get turned away from the hotel?  00:50:52 - Tell us about the shepherds you met along the way? 00:55:28 - What there a specific turning point?  00:56:25 - Tell us about your encounter with wild boars 00:57:41 - Any bear or wolf encounters?  01:01:23 - How did you overcome your social anxieties?  01:08:12 - Do you attribute your hike to resolving those anxieties?  01:09:22 - Tell us about hiking through the Dolomites  01:11:36 - Were there other historic sites you stumbled upon?  01:12:30 - Can you give us more specifics about the route you took?  01:13:50 - How do you handle the Alps in the winter?  01:20:41 - Is it challenging to plan food resupply?  01:22:15 - Were you ravenous after this journey?  01:22:45 - Did you have any unique culinary experiences?  01:23:54 - What types of freelance work were you doing for money?  01:25:03 - Did you ever lose any film?  01:25:38 - If you could highlight a 50-100 miles stretch in each of the countries, which would you recommend?  01:28:14 - Are there polar bears in the arctic?  01:29:08 - What kind of wildlife is there?  01:30:01 - Did you deal with short days in Norway?  01:30:36 - Did you have trouble sleeping?  01:30:52 - What should we ask you?  01:33:34 - If someone wants to follow your route, what advice would you give?  01:35:00 - Books: The Earth Beneath my Feet and On Sacred Ground   SEGMENTS QOTD: What was your “I liked it before it was cool” brag?  Trek Propaganda: It's Still Summer Giveaway  Stupidest thing of the week  Happy National Raspberry and Cream Day  Triple Crown of things that are the modern day cigarette  Cinnamon Court  Mail Bag  5 Star Review    [divider] Check out our sound guy @paulyboyshallcross. 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Episode Summary This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Emil talks to Margaret about life on Svalbard. They talk about hiking in the Arctic, staying warm, gear, the unfortunate realities of climate change, and the rising conflicts between humans and polar bears. Guest Info Emil (He/they): a masters student on Arctic Outdoor life. Host Info Margaret can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy. Transcript LLWD: Emil on Arctic Hiking Margaret: Hello and welcome to Live Like the World is Dying, your podcasts for what feels like the end times. I'm one of your hosts, Margaret killjoy. And this week, we're going to talk about snow and ice and moving across them. And I'm probably gonna ask about glaciers. And we're gonna talk about all that stuff. And I'm really excited because we're gonna be talking about how to move over Arctic terrain, which might be everywhere in the future. I mean, everything's getting warmer, but like, you know, everything's getting wackier. So things might get different. Do you need crampons? I don't know. I'm gonna find out. And that's what we're going to talk about. But first, we're proud member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchists podcasts. And here's another jingle from another jingle...Here's a jingle from another show on the network. [Makes noises that sound like singing a melody] Margaret: Okay, we're back. So, if you could introduce yourself with your name, your pronouns, and then a little bit of your background as to why I'm having you on the show. Emil: Yeah, sure. So, my name is Emil. I go by he/him or they/them. I have a bachelor's degree in Arctic Outdoor Life and Nature Guiding from the University of Tromsø in Northern Norway. And I'm currently doing a master's degree, also in Outdoor Life, at the University of Southeastern Norway. Margaret: Okay, so this means that you spend your time with a sledge and fighting polar bears? And penguins. Is that correct? [Said with dry sarcasm. Emil laughs] Emil: There have been sledges and polar bear guard standing involved. But the penguins are on the other side of the planet unfortunately. We don't have penguins up here. [Laughing] Would be cool, though. Margaret: Yeah, I mean, because then you can have the polar bears and the penguins hanging out and the Far Side comics would be complete. Okay, so yeah, so you're a guide, or like, you know, so this is one of the things that you do is you take people out and show them how to move over this terrain and show them how to explore. Like, is this like tourists? Is this like, scientists? Is this people who got lost in the snow on their way home? Like, I don't really know what...I've never been in Norway. This is gonna come across. Emil: Yeah, no, it could be, it could be all those things. It could be guiding on scientific expeditions, it could be taking tourists on trips, or it could be more like, you know, like summer camps and things of that nature. Which, is more like...not as hardcore. So you have sort of, it's a broad range of sort of different levels from summer camps with kids that's really sort of safe to the two week long expeditions in the Arctic, skiing, where you really have to sort of take care of yourself and the people around you and you have to be sort of on guard. Margaret: Okay, yeah. And so I kind of want to ask you about...I mean, basically a lot of my questions are just like how do you move over Arctic terrain? Like what is involved? How do you get...how do you practice? Like, is it...is everything like snowshoeing? Is it cross country skis? Is it like, dogs and sleighs? Is it reindeer pulling the sleighs? Like what's...I'm making jokes, but I also know there's reindeer up there. Emil: Actually, actually, you can. You can actually do reindeer sledding. Some people do that. Margaret: Whoa. Emil: But yeah, really, in Northern Norway, the northern most county, there is a yearly reindeer sledding competition, actually. So that is the thing that some people do. But it's...Yeah, dogs sledding and skiing, I think, are the most common for long distance. If you're moving, sort of in forests, then snowshoes can be advantageous. But if you're moving any sort of distance, it's going to be cross-country skis, or we call them mountain skis. They're a bit broader. They're a bit wider than normal like racing skis, or dog sledding. Yeah. Margaret: So, like for my own selfish reasons--it's unlikely that I will specifically need to be moving...escaping an apocalypse in Northern Norway--like that seems not incredibly likely but something that does, like, within my own selfish...when I think about it, I'm like, "Well, what if I had to move over some mountains?" Right? Like, what if? And that seems like, the kind of thing that could theoretically come up in my life or just could be fun, right? What's involved in starting to learn that stuff? Like both, like, how does one? Like when you take someone out and you're like, "Here's some snowshoes?" Is it like a? Does it take people hours to figure them out? Is it like, pretty quick? Like... Emil: It's...I think it's pretty intuitive often. A lot of the outdoors sort of pedagogy or the philosophy of learning is learning by doing. So, it's getting hands on experience and just sort of trying it, obviously, putting people in an environment that's challenging enough that they feel a sense of accomplishment and mastery but not so challenging that they die. Margaret: Okay, that's seems like a good way to learn. Yeah. Emil: Yeah. So it's...What's involved in learning it? I think a lot of it does come from from childhood, at least if you live in the north, sort of something you grew up with. But I think it's kind of just like, getting out there. And then I know, there's skiing courses and stuff that you can take if you want to learn, like technique. Margaret: Yeah. Okay. Well, if I like had to, like, Lord of the Rings style cross a mountain pass, do I want skis? Or do I want snow shoes? Or do I want the Ring of Power? Like? Like, like, if I'm just crossing a mountain...Like, obviously, if I'm going to be like moving overland in the far north, it would be way better if I had skis, it seems to be the case. But like, if I'm just trying to like cross a mountain pass, do I need skis? Emil: Well, I think it depends on the...I think it's going to depend on the time of year and the snow depth. So you don't necessarily need skis. You can walk through the snow with just your normal shoes, not even snow shoes. But, it's probably going to be faster on skis. And additionally, you would probably want, at least if if you're going to be out for more than a day and you're going to be out for several days, you'd want something called a pulk instead of a backpack. A pulk is just a sled. So you pull the sled after you instead of carrying a backpack. It helps with stability. You can carry more, which typically, winter equipment is heavier. So it is advantageous to pull the sled. Margaret: Okay. Yeah, cuz one of the reasons...I think, I think that you commented, like, we posted an episode recently with an ultralight through hiker, right, and I think your comment was something like, "Whoa, things are different in America," or something like that. And, and so that's why I reached out to you. So, it's like, I'm curious, your reaction to concepts of like weight and ultralight and stuff like that. And I guess when you're carrying a pulk you, like...weight probably still matters, but in a very different way? Emil: Yeah. At least when it comes to when it comes to winter in the Arctic, you want equipment that sturdy. It's quite often specialized equipment as well. So, on average, it's going to be a bit heavier. So doing ultralight isn't necessarily feasible. So I think it's going to depend on sort of the environment you're in. Moving ultralight in a temperate forest, I think is probably more feasible. Like in, I don't know, the Appalachian Trail or the parts of the PCT, right? But, it's it's also a thing where the arctic environment is kind of inhospitable in the sense that there isn't a lot of available energy in the environment. So if you think about walking through temperate forest, right, you have firewood and there might be some food and stuff that you can forage, right. So energy both in the sense of fuel for heat and in the sense of calories, right? If you think about moving across a snowy mountain plateau, it's sort of a barren, it's kind of like an ice desert. You have to carry all of that energy with you, the fuel, the gasoline, the food, everything. So, it's necessarily going to be heavier. Margaret: Wait, what's the gasoline for? Emil: The gasoline is for stoves for burning. Yeah. Margaret: Oh, okay. Emil: Both for heating food and heating the tents. Margaret: Okay. Okay, so then...this is so much to think about. Obviously the way people do this now is probably very differently from the way people did this a hundred years ago or something, right? Like, I assume that a hundred years ago people probably bringing like--well, actually probably they were still bringing oil stoves a hundred years ago, actually, now that I think that through--rather than, like...people aren't hauling their firewood. People are instead hauling oil to burn? Is that? Emil: Yeah, yeah. Or is it kerosene? The sort of oil? Margaret: From wax? Emil: Yeah. Margaret: Burnable wax. Paraffin wax. Okay, yeah. Um, I'm trying to think there's like so many things I.... Emil: I know, it was different, like, the sleeping bags were made of reindeer skins and stuff, you know? Margaret: Yes. Yeah. And so it's probably lighter equipment now than it was 100 years ago? I assume that's like... Emil: Yeah. Margaret: Okay, what kills people? Like, besides probably everything, but like, what is the? Like, what are the like, main things you're worried about? Like, if I'm like, walking through the snow, am I gonna like just like, fall into the snow and then die? Like, I know, there's like avalanches to worry about...Like, like, I read a lot of like, "And then everyone went hiking, and then there's snow. And then they all died. And it was Russia. And people still argue about what happened to them. And they all went mad." Now, I can't remember where it was from. Emil: Yeah, the Dyatlov pass incident, I think it's called. Yeah, that I think was confirmed to be an avalanche. Or the the main theory now is that was an avalanche. That can....actually this actually a good example. Margaret: Yeah. Do you want to explain to the audience because if people have no idea what we're talking about, what are we talking about? Emil: Yeah, it was a group of people in Russia that went on a hike and they all died. And it's been sort of...it's been sort of a mystery for quite some time, what actually happened to them. Right. So there's been a lot of like, conspiracy theories and stuff. But, to the question of sort of what kills people: what killed them, the the predominant theory now is actually a, I believe, a combination of an avalanche and subsequent hypothermia. Okay. So they're...what we believe is that their tent was caved in by an avalanche, which then made everyone super wet, and super cold, and without shelter. And so they became hypothermic, and essentially, became so hypothermic that--and this is what happens when you become really, really, really cold, you start to feel warm, which is called the sort of...I think it's called the hypothermia paradox, right, which is when people, towards the end, they get so cold that they feel warm, they take off all their clothes and then they succumb... Margaret: Die. Emil: Yeah, to the cold. Alright, so the main things to worry about, I would say, are avalanches. So, if you're moving in terrain that is steeper than 30 degrees, or moving...then that's sort of the avalanche zone and then you have a zone below that where the avalanche could...the run out zone that you have to worry about. And then you have hypothermia, of course, just being cold. And hypothermia can be sort of a slow and insidious killer because it can actually creep up on you over the course of several days. Margaret: Yeah. Oh, interesting. Emil:Yeah, it can. And then the last one is carbon monoxide poisoning. Margaret: Oh, from like burning stuff inside your tent? Emil: Yes. Margaret: Or your snow cave. Emil: Yeah, from burning stuff inside the tent or the snow cave when you have, for example, a gasoline burner that isn't burning properly. So the flame is, if the flame is yellow, that means that it's an impure...the...it's not a...it's not a complete complete combustion, as opposed to when the flame is blue. So blue flame means less carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is tasteless, colorless gas. It's a heavy gas that settles below, sort of on the floor. And it takes up the place of oxygen in your blood. So, your blood transports oxygen through your body. But, when the body takes up carbon monoxide there is no more space for oxygen, essentially. The body thinks it's oxygen, and so what happens is that you actually, your brain becomes oxygen depleted. You become dizzy, tired, you can begin to hallucinate, and just generally your decision making ability degrades. Margaret: You sound like you're speaking from experience. EmilI have, I have woken up one time with sort of...you get these, you can get these sort of black spots under your nose almost from a night of sleeping in it. Yeah. And I was kind of dizzy after, that day. Margaret: Okay, but do you all have a like, and maybe it would be in Norwegian and not in English, but do you have like a like, like, "Flame is blue, that'll do. Flame is yellow, you're a dead fellow." Like, is there like... that's the one I just made up. But like... Emil: It was very good. I don't think we do, actually. We should. Yeah, no, we're not that creative. Margaret: Okay, you got to work on that. Emil: Maybe it's something to do with our Norwegian language. I don't know. Margaret: I literally don't know word of Norwegian. So I can't...That's annoying. I'm like, I usually know how to say at least like, "Thank you," and, "Fuck you," in like most languages. Emil: You know, it's quite similar, actually, because English is a mix between, I think it's...there's some Gaelic in it, and then there's Norwegian, and Danish, and Swedish, and French, right, because of all the different groups of people that invaded England and settled there over the history. So it's, you say, "Egg," I say, "Egg." [rhymes with "dig"] You say, "Window," I say, "Vindu." So, it's quite similar. Margaret: Okay, how do you say "thank you"? Emil: Takk Margaret: Takk. Okay. I think I have heard this before. Or is it? Maybe it's similar to Swedish or something? Emil: Yeah, they're mutually intelligible. Margaret: Oh, interesting. That's good to know. My tiny bit of Swedish. Emil: Swedes and Norwegians can talk to each other. Margaret: As everyone in the audience learns that Margaret doesn't know shit about Norway. I know way more about Finland. Okay, so. So, the question then is like, okay, why do you burn stoves inside? Is it just because you fucking need to? Because there's like, otherwise you'll freeze to death? Emil: You don't, so you don't necessarily need to. It does help, right? It does help with especially the form of hypothermia that's kind of creeping hypothermia that you you get warm once a day in the evening. That you...and it's also like a psychological thing. It's having warm food, knowing that you'll have warm food. It's also...well actually you do need to because you need... Margaret: And you can't look outside because it's too cold? Emil: And you need, and you need, you need water as well. You need to melt snow to drink. Margaret: Oh shit. Yeah. Emil: Yeah, yeah. So you do actually need a burner. You can theoretically melt snow by just putting it in a, some sort of a plastic bottle and heating it with your body heats, so keeping it close to your body while you walk. But, it's not very efficient. Yeah, so and it's also the social psychological aspect of, "You know even though I'm cold now, I know that when I get to camp tonight I will be warm." Right? Margaret: So does that mean y'all's tents...Like in my head when I think about tents in the continental US where I live, there's like three-season tents and then four-season tents, and four-season tents are just like honestly...they're almost like more windproof and they just have like fewer events, right? And they're heavier. And then there's like lighter shit like single wall tents, and little pyramid tents with no floor, and all that stuff. But like...but overall, we have three season four season tents. But then I'm like aware of this thing that just is not part of my life because I don't live in the North--if you ask some southerners I do, but, you know, that's a political distinction and not a how-much-snow-is-that distinction [noise of something hitting the floor]...I just dropped something that scared my dog. But then, I'm aware that there's like these tents that have stove jacks and stuff and you can vent out a chimney and shit. Is that like what y'all are fucking with? Are y'all just basically taking the same four-season tents as us and then like putting a burner in there and like hoping you get the flame right? Emil: Yeah, it's essentially a four-season tent. Yeah. So, the last one. You can, if you do dog sledding, for example, or you use a snowmobile then you can do the really big heavy duty tents with...what did you call it? Margaret: The stove jack. Emil: Stove jacks. Yeah, right. So yeah, it's the chimney, right? Margaret: Yeah Emil: Yeah. So, you can do that. But, I think those are more used for base camps because they're so big and heavy. So, it's more of a four-season tent and then you have like, you know, you have an outer tent and an inner tent, right, so you can cook food in the outer tent, but you can also bring the stove inside the inner tent as long as you're careful with all your sleeping bags and all that stuff. If that squared away, you can put the, you can put the stove on a wooden plate, for example. You can just jury-rig that system. And then, if you then burn inside the inner tent, it can be easily 20 degrees Celsius. I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit, but it's like a nice comfortable temperature. Margaret: Nice and warm. Yeah, I want to say it's around 70 [degrees Fahrenheit] or so. Yeah,, let me actually do this math for our listeners. 68. Yeah, I was close. Yeah. The the ideal temperature in a lot of ways. Emil: Exactly. Margaret: Yeah. Okay, because I cannot imagine bringing a stove inside my...like the way that I grew up, you know, I mean, we would have like...I would camp in...Well, this is going to be non-mutually intelligible. I guess I'll just keep this thing up. You know, it's like I've camped in like five degrees Fahrenheit, right? Which is like negative fifteen. That's about as cold I've camped and it would never occur to me to heat my tent. But, I know a lot of people do do that. And then the other thing...Okay, the other question I have is: do people use little...like what I use in my like cabin and I use in my truck is like a little one burner, a little propane heater that's like meant for inside safeness. Do people use those? Like, why the stove? Is that so they have only one thing that both melts your water and keeps you warm or like...I'm so afraid of this carbon monoxide thing. I'm just like, we need to come up with something different. Emil: Yeah. No, the carbon monoxide poisoning is definitely something to be aware of. The key there is to check your flame and check that you have a blue flame. So, you can do that by, and you can improve that by...Like, when you have a gasoline burner, usually you have a pump to pressurize the gas container. Sometimes you have to pressurize the pump to make sure that you have a blue flame but it's...You can use like propane or butane, but that is mostly used in the summer because when it gets cold enough those gases don't really work anymore. Margaret: Are you fucking kidding me? Goddammit. Emil: No, no. Margaret: Okay, I believe you. I was trying to figure out why the fuck you use gasoline. So, this makes sense. Okay. Emil: Yeah, you use gasoline because gasoline works in extremely cold temperatures. [Margaret unintelligibly interrupts] Margaret: Go ahead. Sorry. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Emil: No, you can get like, you can get like special propane, butane that can do a bit colder. But if it's going to be really cold, you do want gasoline. Essentially. Margaret: When you say really cold--I have a suspicion that we have different conceptions of how cold the world can get--can you give me an example of what you're talking about? Like how cold are we talking about? Emil: Yeah, I mean, so butane and propane, at least I think butane, stops working at, let's say, I don't know, 20...I'm looking at the Celsius to Fahrenheit calculator. 20 degrees Fahrenheit? Maybe? It's below freezing, right? Margaret: Yeah. Emil: So like, a bit below freezing, the gases kind of stop working as they should. But then if we're talking about really cold, my definition of like, really, really cold would be something like 22 below Fahrenheit. Right? That's really cold. Margaret: Okay, what's the coldest you've camped in? This is like, I'm just literally just curious. Emil: Yeah, it's around there. It's around 22 below 0 in Fahrenheit terms. Margaret: I think that's roughly the coldest I've ever experienced in my life and that was not camping. I'm very grateful. Emil: That sort of cold really sort of saps the warmth out of you, right? It really kind of...you feel your heat is being stolen by the environment. You have to be constantly moving. Margaret: So, that actually leads to one of the other questions I have about all of this. Whenever I read about people in Antarctica or the Arctic, it talks about like...because in my head you know, if you're cold, you put on more layers, but I'm aware of this thing where like, if you're hiking and like climbing and doing all this shit, you kind of can't just do that because then you like sweat and die. Like... Emil: Yeah. Margaret: What kind of clothing? Like what do you need clothing-wise to go on an Arctic expedition in the winter? Emil: Right. So you want, you want wool as your base layer. It's also--I think in English, it's referred to as a wicking layer--because it dries, it basically takes the moisture away from your body, right? And it's also...wool is also warm when it gets wet, or warmer than cotton, for example. Yeah, so you want wool as a base layer and then maybe you want, if it's really cold, you might have a second warm layer and then a jacket. You can have, if you're standing still or you're in camp, you can do a down jacket. When you're walking, it's quite common to use just a shell jacket, shell pants that are windproof and waterproof, but that's what you're walking in. And also, it's a constant sort of, it's a constant adjustment, where you're putting on and taking off layers as you're walking as well quite often. So if you're walking up...if you sort of, you've been walking flat and then you come to sort of a pass that you have to climb or a mountain that is...like a steep hill, you might take off the layers, but you have to be adjusting. Okay, but to the sweat thing, like...Yes. No sweating is like...the ideal situation is to be dry. But you are going to sweat. And I think sort of the whole, "If you sweat, you die," thing is kind of overblown as long as you can dry--and that's another reason why you would want a stove in your tend, so you can dry your clothes in the evening. Margaret: Okay, okay. We say cotton kills because it's alliterative. Is it alliterative in Norwegian also or no? Emil: Yeah, you mean you can...Yeah, I think so. Margaret: Okay, because that's one of the phrases I learned when I was very young about not wearing cotton is, "Cotton kills." Although that is a little bit with the like, "Everything will murder you," theory. Although, it sounds like in the Arctic more things will actually murder you than usual. But, alright, well, I feel like I could talk about this for the whole hour. But, there's a bunch of other stuff I want to talk to you about. And, one of the questions I have is, as I read a lot of stuff about climate change and one of the main things that it talks about is like the disappearing ice and the like, the impact this is having on the polar areas of the world. And, and that is completely hypothetical in my head, right? I've only seen a glacier with binoculars. On the other hand, I would have seen a lot more glaciers in Glacier National Park if I had been there 20 years earlier. So clearly, this is an impact. But, how has it...like what does it look like on the ground for climate change? Emil: I can give you two examples. One example is from Svalbard, which is a Norwegian owned archipelago. It's north of Iceland and east of Greenland. It's quite close to the North Pole where I spent a year doing an arctic nature guide course. And on Svalbard, the thing is, Svalbard does have polar bear, right? And polar bears are classified as marine mammals for a reason. That's that they spend a lot of time out on the ice, right, hunting seals. Seals are what they eat. And with the warming climate, Svalbard is actually one of the warmest...or one of the fastest warming places on Earth. It has been...it's warmed, I think 4 degrees Celsius for the past, or over the past 50 years. So, since the 1970s, that's 4 degrees, right? We're talking about the global average of 1.5. Celsius. So, that gives you a sense of the scale of warming in the in the north, in the Arctic, heating up really quickly. And so one of the things that happens is because the ice is melting, the sea ice, polar bears are increasingly hungry and losing their sort of winter habitat, right, so they're more on the archipelago itself instead of out on the sea. Margaret: Are you leading up to they attack more people? Is that what's happening? Emil: Yeah. Yeah. Margaret: Oh, fuck. Oh no. Because then people shoot them and then they die. Emil: Exactly. Margaret: Okay. Please continue. Sorry. Emil: Yeah, no, that's what's happening. So, there's two things, right, they're hungrier and they are in the same places people are, right. And so they...it's it's increasing. The polar-human conflict is increasing because there are more polar bears coming into camp. And they're hungrier, so they're more motivated to find food, right. So, that's--which is again, sort of exacerbating the loss of number of polar bears, right? So, it's kind of like it's a double whammy. It's both the climate and then the climate is impacting human-polar bear relations. If you want to put it that way. Margaret: Okay... Emil: So, then I have another example. Margaret: Yeah, and then I'm going to ask you about fighting polar bears. Okay. Emil: Awesome. So, in Northern Norway, the only indigenous people in sort of Western Europe is in Northern Norway, the Sámi people. So Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. And one of the sort of main components of Sámi culture, at least today, as we know it today, is reindeer herding. And so what happens--and the reindeer eat moss from the ground also in the wintertime--And so what happens is when the winters get warmer, you have more of these freeze...these what do you call them...Cycles... Margaret: Oh, like when it defrosts and then freezes again? Emil: Yeah, exactly. It melt-freeze cycles [melt-thaw cycles] which creates ice. Which makes it more difficult for the reindeer to find food because they have to kick through the ice layer to get to the moss. And so this is impacting indigenous livelihoods as well. I wanted to bring that up, too. Margaret: Yeah, no, no, that's...it's absolutely worth bringing up. And then I think that one of the things about this melt-freeze cycle, I was talking with one of my friends who lives in Canada who like has...like, in rural Canada, where it snows more than half the year, which is not my experience. Where I live, it could snow, you know, three or four months of the year. And, it seems when you when you're somewhere where, like where I live, where it constantly melts and freezes, it seems like a nightmare to have nine months of snow it seems unlivable. Right? I'm like, "How does anyone do it?" And I was having a long conversation with my friend about it. And one of their main points was that like, it stays snow. And so it's navigable in a way that like...you know, when it snows here, the road is fine, because I have a big truck, but the next day, it's fucked because the next day the sun has melted enough of it and then it's frozen overnight. And then like...and if more snow falls, it's snow on top of ice and then the roads are just fucked. You know? So I just...it's interesting to think about that also fucking up moss and fucking up...It makes sense. But I don't know. Okay, my other...Okay, I have two questions about all this. One, is it just heartbreaking? To like, actually visually see more of this happening? Because we have like, "oh, the weather's really fucking weird." And we have a few more like disasters, right? But I'm not watching permafrost melt. I'm not watching glaciers recede. I'm not watching the place that I go...like, I'm not trying to bum you out. But, I'm like...How do you know? How do you cope? Emil: You know, it's it's difficult. I think. I don't think I have a good answer for you. Yes, it is depressing, right? And so I think one coping mechanism could be just taking that sort of sorrow and anger and putting it towards political action. I think that sort of...I think that's what I'm doing. Also, just like, getting really mad at politicians, just going around thinking all day, like, "Fucking Prime Minister. Fucking," you know? You could just, you could just be angry. It's okay to just be angry, you know? That's...that's fine. But, yeah. No, it is, I think, especially for the people who live in these landscapes and have their lives and livelihoods intimately connected to these landscapes, it's...we think of climate change as an existential threat in the abstract, but for them, it's already sort of in their lives, you know? And so yeah, I do think it's...it's, it's closer, kind of. It's not just on TV. It's in this valley you're moving through, you know? Margaret: Yeah. And having it be different every year, probably every year that you go into it. Okay, well, that brings me my other...It doesn't actually but my other question from what you were just saying. Alright, so how do you fight polar...like, you're saying that it increases, like, conflict and so it's like two questions, like, one, is like...I'm sort of aware I'm gonna get some of this wrong--I know how to deal with black bears because they are black bears where I live, which is that you have to like, stand up to them, right? You'd be like, "Hey, fuck you, black bear. I'm bigger than you," which is like a lie, right? But they're like, "Ahh, alright, whatever." And they fuck off. And it's like sketchy. And it like confuses me that I have friends who do this on a regular basis who are like forest defenders, you know. And I've only had to do it like, a handful times in my life and let it stay that way. That would be great. And then we have like grizzly bears are like the biggest thing that we worry about, right? Because like--and I don't worry about them because I don't live in Alaska--but like, the polar bears are like...they're like mythical to me, right? They're like, oh, you know, there's bears. And then there's like dire bears, which are grizzly bears. And then there's dragons. There's just dragons in the north. And that's the polar bears. They are this like mythical fucking thing. And so the concept of like...like I've stood guard for bears or like, when you have a forest defense camp in the Pacific Northwest, people have to do bear duty where they sit around and like, throw rocks at bears that are trying to come into camp and shit, right? But I can't imagine what that is like with polar bears. I want like a fucking palisade, and like, like spotlights, and like helicopters, and shit. Like, like, what is the...How do you deal with polar bears? Emil: Yeah, so, I think it's much the same way that you deal with other kinds of bears. The only thing is that, I mean polar bears can be really, really persistent. I believe they're the only bear species that is known to actively hunt humans in emergencies. Margaret: [Laughing] I mean, it makes sense. They're a lot bigger than us. Yeah. Emil: Yeah, but it's actually, it's only in emergencies because it's a caloric loss project for them. The reason they eat seals is because seals are so fatty. And fat has more than twice the amount of calories per pound than carbohydrates and protein. So, like most of us aren't as fat as a seal. So it's...they don't do it unless they absolutely have to. But you do...When you're out in a big group, you do polar bear guard, right, whenever you have camp. 24/7. That means getting out of your comfortable warm sleeping bag where you're snug at three o'clock at night and going out for an hour and grabbing the rifle and standing guard from from three to four, right, in the middle of night or in the early morning hours. But, you do, you have some sort of signal flare, usually, that is for scaring the bear away. So, you you can have...it's like a small explosive fired out of a flare gun that...it's just like a flash bang essentially, right. It's a really big loud boom. And then you also carry a rifle, usually, you can also, some people carry magnums. I have seen... Margaret: By Magnum, you mean a large pistol? Emil: [Said while Margaret interrupts Emil] I have seen Glocks for sale....Yeah. By Magnum, I mean, like a .44 Magnum revolver. Margaret: Yeah. Okay. Emil: Yeah, a nine millimeter. I have seen some Glocks for sale. That's not really going to be very effective. You need a big round like a .308. Margaret: There's 10mm. Yeah. And they're like, I mean, actually, for Grizzlies and for black bears, you're better off, instead of a gun, you're better off with bear spray. It's just like, statistically, more effective at deterring a bear is to get sprayed with bear spray than to get shot. I don't know about polar bears. But like, but I know that 10mm is a round that is often carried by people who are in Alaska or are in places where like, big fucking game is like a thing that they worry about, you know? Anyway, I didn't mean to cut you off. I'm just like, geeking out about it. But, so the rifle that you're carrying is .308? Emil: Yeah, usually .308. Sometimes .30-06 Springfield, [pronounced thirty-aught-six] usually .308 Winchester. That's kind of the standard, and then some people carry essentially big handguns as well. It's lighter to carry a revolver. But, obviously it has sort of like less range and stuff. But it's less...it's more difficult to shoot a pistol than a rifle, but I have to say it's...it's shooting a polar bear is not something that you should do. There an endangered species. It's actually, it's illegal. It's illegal to shoot a polar bear in Norway. The hunting was banned in the 70s. So, when you shoot a polar bear on Svalbard, in self-defense, it's treated as essentially like a murder case. Margaret: But you just like, prove it was self-defense? Emil: You prove self-defense, essentially. So that's, that's very important to add that it is like a last resort. Margaret: Yeah. Do people use bear spray for polar bears or just not? Emil: You can you can use bear spray as well. But, I think the effective range of bear spray is so short that, sort of, people might not be comfortable with letting the bear get that close. Margaret: That's fair. I mean, I don't want to get that close to a...I've only seen a grizzly once it was through binoculars. And I was like, "This rules. This is the right distance. I'm so happy. I got to see a grizzly bear. It is checked off the list." Okay. Alright, so that's how you defend yourself against polar bears. How common...I mean, you're saying on Svalbard it's becoming more and more common, but it's like, is this a like...like, there's places where bears are like raccoons, you know, they're just kind of everywhere. But I assume that this is a kind of not the case, because they're pretty endangered. Emil: Yeah, not quite like raccoons, but they're quite common. I think--because the usual line about Svalbard is, you know, "The archipelago with more polar bears than people." Which has, which has a degree of truth to it. It's just that the polar bears are also distributed around the sea ice, around the island group, right? So, it's 2,500 people, and they reckon around 3,000 polar bears. So, it's quite common, quite common. It's not unusual to see a bear. But I didn't see one. Margaret: Okay, fair enough. Like, I want to go. I like, I've never been up where the sun doesn't actually set. I've been close, you know, Well, actually, I've done the opposite. I've been in the far north in the summer and had like 2am Twilight and I love it. Emil: It's so weird. It's like a super strange experience coming out of a nightclub at like, 4am and then the sun is just like shining straight in your face. Like, "No, I'm tired. I want to sleep." Like all the birds are circling around you and fucking making ungodly noises and it's...yeah, it's a surreal experience. I mean, it's...I've been partying all night and it's like, it's bright as day now. Margaret: Yeah, I'd feel betrayed. I'd be like...Yeah, I like it. But, I don't know how I would handle it if I lived there. I like that I get to experience that every now and then. And I don't know how I would handle the, you know, how--I don't know how many days of night it is--but you know, the sun not coming up thing. But, okay, one of the other things that you mentioned that you wanted to talk about, and I got really excited about, was how you spent a lot of your time in the outdoors, you spent a lot of your time guiding people and like and working with groups of people in dangerous and complicated situations. And I want to ask you about the decision making in that kind of environment and leadership structures. And also, you know, specifically how this led you towards more thinking about non-hierarchical organizing and anarchism and stuff like that. What was that like for you? Or, what's that? What is that like? Emil: Yeah, so, in my, during my studies, I've been outside, I've been working with a lot of different groups of, especially fellow students, and one of the things that struck me is that the...when we were out on trips, especially like study trips, all of the decision making was remarkably sort of consensus based. Rarely was there sort of a clear leader. It didn't really feel natural to have a clear leader. When we were...When we had differing opinions about which route to take, we would usually sort of discuss and people kind of fall into, sort of, the organizational structure where people just sort of take up tasks that they see need doing, you know, and things just kind of work themselves out. And it's also...Now, it is nice when you have the sort of structure to have sort of evening talks that are, for example, after dinner we have half an hour of like daily feedback, for example. "How did you do this day? Is there anything that's, you know, bothering you? Annoying you?" I think actually the Kurds have something similar? I don't remember the name. Margaret: It's called techmill. Emil: Techmill. Yeah, exactly. It's...So, we kind of had our own, like daily techmill when we were on hikes. And so this experience, really, I think, is one of the things that sort of pushed me towards anarchism, towards like, the idea of non-hierarchical social organization, or like self-organizing, because I see that it works even in sort of demanding contexts because the outdoors can be quite demanding. You're like tired, cold, wet. And yet still, just with like a bit of work, a bit of like good effort it works and works well. Margaret: Yeah. I love hearing this, because I like things that fit my presupposition about how the world works, but specifically, it's like, because it's the opposite of what everyone says. Everyone always says, like, "Oh, you can do consensus when it's like, no stakes. But as soon as you're in the backwoods you need a guy with big muscles to be like, "Nah, we got to go this way, then like," and everyone would just naturally..." It's just really cool to be like, this makes sense to me. They're like, "Oh, which route do we take?" "We should figure this out, not listen to what the captain says. Like, we should actually listen to everyone here. And come to conclusions, because this is all of our lives on the line. And there are a bunch of people who like know what they're doing. So we should ask all of them and figure it out." This makes complete sense to me. But it's completely the opposite of what everyone always says about this kind of situation. Yeah. Emil: I have to say there are specific situations that are...When when the risks are extremely high, when you're in an emergency, for example, if there's been an avalanche, it does make sense to have one person coordinating the whole thing, right? Margaret: That makes a lot of sense to me. Emi:l: Or, or...Yeah, same thing if, hypothetically, this is not just outdoors but like if you're being shot at, if you're in a group of people and you're like taking fire, right, it makes sense to have like one person who kind of, whose job it is to to keep their head on a swivel and kind of figure out what's going on and make some decisions because it needs to happen quickly, right? Since there may be someone stuck in an avalanche. But other than those sorts of extreme situations, right, that consensus works. Margaret: Yeah. Okay. And I actually really liked that you point this part out too, because I think a lot about like, when you're in a situation where someone's been grievously injured, the medic is in charge. And the medic can tell everyone what to do. And you just fucking do it. You know? Emil: Exactly. Margaret: Yeah. And that makes sense. Like, "This person is bleeding out. You go get me towels." Or...you don't need towels. Just whatever it is. Emil: Yeah, you're not going to spend 10 minutes discussing what to do and figuring out a plan together because by that time the person is already dead. Margaret: Right. And so that that actually does make a lot of sense to me. And then you have like, basically, these roles are filled based on the people who are most capable doing them. Like, the person who's been in a bunch of firefights, like...Yeah, maybe when we're planning the overall strategy we listen to the people who have the most strategic knowledge, but it's still "we figure it out together." But yeah, like no, if someone's shooting at me, and someone's like, "You go there. Shoot back. You do this. You do that." Like, I do like...To me, that's almost like...It's like the exploding brain of anarchism. Like, the bigger and bigger steps of it is being like, "Oh, no, sometimes you let people tell you what to do." Like, sometimes that's part of being a part of a functioning group. And then, okay, the other thing that I like about it, too, is that you're talking about like, okay, you have your conversations you have every evening and it's this balance because you're talking about how everyone kind of takes these roles. They're like, "Oh, what needs doing?" and then does it. But, then part of it is structured and so it's this mix of organic...It's like chaotic and structured all at the same time, you know? I really liked it. Emil: And it's not just...I mean, you can have I think social structure without hierarchy, right? Margaret: Yeah. Emil: So you can...So I mean, for me, hierarchy kind of implies a...kind of implies violence and coercion, right? Margaret: Yeah. Emil: But structure, social structure doesn't necessarily imply violence. Social structure can just be sort of something that emerges by itself and which can then be discussed in these evening conversations, for example. So, if a person sort of naturally falls into the role of cook for the group, right, that can be a form of social structure that just kind of emerges. But, if that person isn't happy in that role, it also helps to have these sort of regular scheduled conversations where those sorts of things can be discussed, right? And maybe we want to...maybe they want to do something different the next day, or like, maybe we can like switch tasks. Margaret: Yeah. Emil: Right? And so, but this actually comes to something that I think is sort of important here and that's that the outdoors is actually a fantastic arena for forming social connections and group, sort of, bonds, and also political...and also, like, within political groups. Like there's a reason why in the 20th century outdoor activities, outdoor recreations, like the Scouts and those types of stuff, but that type of stuff was actually taken up by all the mass political movements, socialists, and communists, and anarchists, and fascists. All to use the outdoors as like an arena, right? But, I think as, as the--because it works really well--but as our societies have sort of Neo-liberalized and individualized and kind of also de-politicized in a way, I think that sort of, the outdoors as a political arena, that idea, has sort of faded away. And I think actually, for us as anarchists, that's something that we can kind of take back. We can use the outdoors as a fantastic place to get to know each other and to practice anarchism, to form group bonds, and to just train. And it's also just like fun. It's a nice thing to do. Margaret: I'm really excited by this idea. That makes so much sense to me. I think about like...I mean, one, literally being in Boy Scouts is a very formative experience for my life, right? And I like go back to the stuff I learned there constantly. And I was only in there for a couple years, because then I got like to cool. And like, you know, quit or whatever. And and then yeah, like, as I read about social movements in 20th century, I read about, you know, the hiking clubs in Weimar era Germany that the communist, the fascist, and the anarchists all did things with. And the like, wild, queer kids who didn't really have a political label would also go do. And yeah, and then the Spanish anarchists had sports clubs as a huge part of what they were doing. No, this is really interesting to me. And then because even like when you're describing all this stuff--because I've been getting more and more into hiking--and one of the things that when you're talking, like one of the reasons I want to ask about all the Arctic stuff is like not because I really think that there's a really good chance that I'm going to have to move over mountains personally, right? But knowing how feels like really useful to me and interesting to me. And then also like, going out and practicing and learning seems like fun, you know, and a good way to...And even...Okay, when I was talking about, when I was asking you how to cope with climate change, one of the things that I've been doing--and I don't know whether it's like good or not, but it's been working a little bit for me--is to kind of embrace seeing more and like experiencing more--and not necessarily just like tourist and traveling--but like literally just hiking around where I live and just like feeling the Spring, you know, like getting out and being like, "Spring is here." This winter was weird. We had a really dry, warm winter here. The west coast the US had the exact opposite. You know, but like, being like okay, how is this Spring different than last Spring? I want to be able to start really building that and being like, well if this is the last bits of the Earth being like this, let's fucking enjoy it. Let's do this shit. Emil: Yeah, I agree completely. Yeah, it's one of the things where I think a lot of people...because being outdoors, we've talked a lot about the practical and a little bit about the political, it also has an existential dimension. People go outdoors to feel a sense of peace, or time for reflection, or to get into, there's a particular rhythm to, to hiking, for example. And it also has a spiritual aspect actually for a lot of people. So you can, what some people experience is that like, as they spend time outdoors, they feel a sense of sort of connection, or a being in place, feeling like a part of a network of relations to the landscape around them to the flora and the fauna. And from that can actually emerge, kind of animism as well. Like, if I'm wandering alongside a river, for example, in a valley and I'm fantasizing, I'm starting to think about this river as sort of having a life or like having a life force that sort of an animistic thought, and it doesn't mean that--and it sort of arises naturally, I think--and it doesn't mean that I literally think that the river has a consciousness, for example. But it's an expression of this idea that this river in this valley is central to a sort of network of relations. It's thinking ecologically. So, I think getting in touch with that side of things as well can be really--you talked about how to cope with what you asked about how to cope with like, climate grief--I think just sort of getting in touch in that way, can be a way to...or just like getting close, you know, to the landscape, to this network of relations. I think that can be a really sort of valuable personal experience and also an experience that you can have in groups, but perhaps wandering alone would be the best way to like get that. Margaret: That makes a lot of sense to me. And I feel like that might be a good note to end on, for people to reflect on. And yeah, I guess I want to say thank you so much for coming on. And do you have anything that you want to plug, either your own work or work of people that's around you that you want to draw attention to? Anything like that? Emil: Um, let me think, Oh, yeah. I mean, thank you so much for having me. It's been a pleasure. I think I don't have anything to plug personally. But sort of on the last note that we were on, I would direct people towards a book called Becoming Animal: an Earthly Cosmology, by an American author called David Abram. He writes beautifully about, he takes a phenomenological perspective for those who know what that is. And he writes beautifully about exactly what we've been talking about now, sort of getting in touch with this network of relations. Yeah, I think that's what I would point people towards. Margaret: Fuck yeah. I like that. I like that your plug is a book. That makes me happy. I mean, I haven't read the book yet. But now I'm gonna check it out. Alright, well, thank you so much. And I'm probably going to at some other point have you on to ask more questions about how to walk over frozen lakes. Emil: That would be awesome. And also glaciers. We didn't know mention glaciers. Margaret: That was one of my questions I didn't ask. Yeah, I know. I know. All right. Well, we'll have to we'll have to have you back. But yeah, thank you so much. Emil: I would love to be back. Yeah, that'd be awesome. Margaret: Thank you so much for listening. If you enjoyed this episode, please tell people about the show. 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Der 1. FC Nürnberg macht einen großen Schritt im Kampf um den Klassenverbleib in der zweiten Fußball-Bundesliga. Das 2:0 gegen Fortuna Düsseldorf gelingt fast durchweg überzeugend. Besonders im Blickpunkt steht dabei Nathaniel Brown, der ein weiteres Mal sein Talent unter Beweis stellt und erstmals im Profifußball ein Tor erzielt. Aber auch der Rest der von Dieter Hecking und Cristian Fiel stark umgebauten Mannschaft überzeugt gegen die Spitzenmannschaft mit großem Kampf. Ob es das schon war mit dem Klassenverbleib? Sebastian Gloser und Fadi Keblawi sprechen darüber in der neuen und von der Sparkasse Nürnberg präsentierten Podcast-Ausgabe. Außerdem geht es um die Bratwurst-Situation rund um das Max-Morlock-Stadion, den Torjubel von Kwadwo Duah und ein Plakat zum Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden Thomas Grethlein.

Show Sponsor:  www.LaShamanaFaby.com Explorer Club member and Former Royal Marine Commando Ian Finch, is an adventure and outdoor brand photographer & expedition guide whose been travelling to remote environments for over 10 years. Ian's passion for authentic visual storytelling is driven by the connection between people, culture and the landscape the world over. His latest expedition, 1,300 mile journey to retrace the footsteps of the Cherokee removals was featured heavily for October 2019 Sidetracked Magazine Issue 16 with a 20 page written story and photo essay. Also, his 2000-mile canoe descent of the Yukon River, was included in the top 10 adventures by the Guardian in 2016. Ian has also led or participated in shoots and expeditions in Alaska, Mongolia, Greenland, Indonesia, Tibet, Canada, Spain, Iceland, Nepal, China, US, Switzerland, Sweden and Northern Norway. He has also worked with the US Airforce as an external instructor in land navigation/natural navigation and externally trained potential recruits in prep for Royal Marines training. His raw passion for life is driven by creative discovery and capturing authentic bookmarks in time from expeditions, landscapes and people. Ian is partnered with Fjallraven as a global guide and has also worked with Shackleton Clothing, Lowe Alpine, Musto, Rohan Clothing, NRS, Sidetracked Magazine, The Independent and Guardian alongside many leading outdoor brands as lead photographer, writer or advisor on authentic adventure brand storytelling. He combines his love for photography, writing and filmmaking with wild landscapes and the great outdoors. When not overseas, Ian lives in London, UK.

In the arctic waters of Northern Norway, two women are leading the hand harvesting of unique seaweed species. Angelita Eriksen and Tamara Singer are from different sides of the planet but found their way to launching a company that wants the whole world to recognize the unique benefits of an ocean-grown superfood: seaweed. They share a passion for innovating ways to use a remarkable superfood, seaweed. Host Tamara Kahn delights in a conversation with the founders of Lofoten Seaweed as they talk about their differing backgrounds, their path to starting this company, and all of the fantastic R&D opportunities they are still discovering as they innovate the culinary use of varying species of seaweed. Listen to learn how they are working to make seaweed a more common ingredient in Norwegian cooking and who has been helping along the way. Check out their products now available in the USA via Amazon. And visit their website for recipes and articles about how and why you should try dulse, wakame and all the rest! You can also sign up for their Newsletter of updates and discounts. After the episode, catch Lofoten Seaweed on the upcoming PBS documentary ‘People of the North' airing in April 2023. Check out the promo here.

From groundbreaking first descents, to gnarly backcountry touring missions, Rab athlete and extreme snowboarder, Krister Kopala finds inspiration in exploring the mountain ranges of Northern Norway. Krister talks of cutting edge descents (including his latest film 'The White Giant'), and his journey from the speed of freeride snowboard to more nuanced technical steep snowboarding where the consequences of one mistake can be fatal. As well as the continual learning and challenge of finding the courage to turn back when conditions seem uncertain.

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Hey Wicked Hunters,  Welcome back to another episode of The Art of Photography Podcast. Today I am sharing a conversation I had with one of the best aurora chasers out there! Adrien Mauduit is a 33-year-old Science engineer, professional photographer, cinematographer as well as a science author. Born in France in 1989, he has always been passionate about nature, space, and the night sky. After completing his M. Sc. in Canada, he moved to Denmark to teach Science and Art. It is also where he encountered his first aurora.   Adrien found unconditional and unequivocal love for the mesmerizing phenomenon and bought his first camera to try and capture it. Since then, he's traveled to many countries within the auroral zone like Canada, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland in search of the elusive Green Lady. Today, Adrien made his former hobby into a full-time job-based in Arctic Norway, where he permanently resides.   He now works relentlessly to produce innovative and educational media of our world under the night sky. Thanks to his scientific and artistic pedigree, Adrien always strives to bring the best quality into his work. His many years of experience chasing the aurora under harsh and inhospitable conditions allowed him to get worldwide recognition. Adrien's aurora and milky way still shots are particularly well known but his innovative Astro-timelapse sequences made him a pioneer in the nighttime documentary industry over recent years.    LINKS:    You can use my LinkTree where all my links are: https://linktr.ee/nightlightsfilms    LINKS (aurora):    - https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/  - https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/.html    Link to the photos that we discussed in the podcast: Photo of phoenix-shaped Aurora - https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZ-SvRMeb1/  Raindeer under the Aurora - https://www.instagram.com/p/CiixTHpsKdP/  Milky Way and Aurora in one frame - https://www.instagram.com/p/Cif33-DMvaF/  Other ways to listen and subscribe to the podcast: • Spotify - http://bit.ly/twhspotify   • Apple Podcast - https://bit.ly/Theartofphotography   • Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/TheArtOfPhotographyWithStanleyAr   • Website: https://podcast.thewickedhunt.com      • Tune In (Alexa) - https://bit.ly/TuneInTheArtOfPhotographyPodcastWithStanleyAr     For those of you who want to learn more about The Wicked Hunt Photography by Stanley Aryanto: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewickedhunt/    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewickedhunt/  • Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thewickedhunt/  • Photo prints: https://www.TheWickedHunt.com/ Don't forget to leave a review on the podcast if you enjoy this conversation. It would help us to get found and help to inspire other photographers.  ---------  Transcription: Adrien Mauduit  0:00   You know, it's like oh my gosh it's useless to start now. No it's not. And if it brings something for you other than making money then definitely do it because for me that brings photography nice guy brings joy for me being alone with the elements when there's no sound outside no winds you know, you have the perfect pristine sky with I don't know, I would imagine a nice lake or a nice you know, still see where you get the reflection of the moon or the reflection of stars. Oh my goodness, there's no feeling beating that I think Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  0:44   Hey, wicked hunters Welcome back to The Art of Photography podcast, where we share artists journey and how they found hope, purpose and happiness through their passion in photography. And today, I have a very special guest. I came across his work back in clubhouse a thing and he is a legend. When it comes to capturing the night sky. You know, the Aurora is and the Milky Way's In fact, I think he was the very his work was the very first photo that I saw the two in one frame as just that just blew me away. So Adrian, how's it going? I think you're tuning in from Norway. Right? Are you staying in Lofoten? Adrien Mauduit  1:28   Hey, good morning for me. Yeah, so I am talking to you from Arctic Norway. And right now is 9am. So just waking up from from a short night after chase of Aurora and but I'm so delighted, you know, to wake up early and to be talking to you and connecting with you here. i We have we met through through clubhouse during the pandemic. And I think that was, you know, a great way to really connect with people that maybe you might have missed out on other platforms. And you know, whose work are just, oh my gosh, I mean, I mean, your work as well is just so tremendous. And I'm so happy I found you. And so that we connect, but yeah, so you talked about Milky Way and Aurora. And actually now is the good time to see those two phenomena together. It is really the the only time of year where you can get the two lined up like this. We can expand a bit more on that afterwards if you want. But, uh, yeah, I'm so happy to be here. Thank Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  2:37   you for having me. That's awesome. Yeah, we're just gonna write right away straight off the bat giving a cliffhanger. So if you stay till the end, you will learn how to capture the real QA and the Aurora. That's I love it. But yeah, man, like I come across your photo, I come across you first of course, it's you came to the clubhouse, go through your photos, and it's just insane. You know, I don't, I don't think I've ever seen anyone dedicated to shoot, you know, Aurora, as much as you do. And it's just absolutely incredible. And one of the my favourite photos was when there's the reindeer and Aurora on the background, but we'll talk a little bit more about that a little bit later. Before we get, you know, we get to the nice and interesting part. I'd like you to introduce yourself and you know, share, share to the audience who you are. And for those who haven't come across yet. Where is the passion of chasing this, you know, Aurora rose and the night sky came from because we all know people like their sleeps and their rest, right? And you just say, you know, you had a short night to be here, but you don't look tired at all. So, so yeah, let us know. Adrien Mauduit  3:59   Sorry, you need to zoom in and look at my eyes, if you can see right there ready to read. But yeah, so who am I? So I am a 33 year old photographer from France. So originally, I'm French. But I actually haven't lived in France in Well, between, I would say 10 and 15 years. So it's been quite a long time. You know, my family is back in France, but I've been travelling and and I actually lived in several other countries. I've lived in, in Canada, Denmark, and now living in Norway. So you know, I've done a lot of a lot of travelling in different different countries. And so I live off of my photography I've been living off of my photography for about I would, I would say since 2017. So it's still quite recent. If you if you say so before that time it was more of a hobby that I picked up when I was Living in Denmark, I was working as a teacher, because originally I'm not a photographer. Like I haven't really, you know, been educated as a photographer at university. I was originally in the science departments. And so I earned a master's degree in environmental sciences. Which master degree thesis I finished in Canada, in Alberta actually, were funny enough, you could see Aurora, but back then I was just, you know, not educated enough. I mean, I, I knew about Aurora and and, you know, that was kind of like this dream to see Aurora, but I never really got to realise this dream. And, you know, so I, I really got the first connection with Aurora and astrophotography. When I was in Denmark, believe it or not, this is what started my photography journey, actually. So I changed career because of this one experience that I had in, in, in Denmark. So let me go back to it just just very briefly. So I was working at a school in Denmark and like a boarding school, and one of the one of the teachers around the the teachers lounge table. We were talking about, you know, our biggest dreams and, you know, our bucket list items. And I mentioned that I wanted to see the aurora, you know, so bad. And, you know, in my head, I thought about going to Iceland, going to Canada, Alaska, you know, very far away. Polar locations. Not really like, you know, I wouldn't even even imagine you could even see the aurora from so far south. And yet that teacher, that colleague told me, Oh, yeah, you know, I spent my nights because he was the cadet teacher. So he's used to spend his nights on the hills. And he told me, yeah, every once in a while, we get a display of auroras, you know, dipping down to the lower latitudes. And I was like, No way. You must be, you must be kidding me right now. No, no, no. So. So after watching, you know, several alert websites and everything, there was one night where there was a possibility. So I went to the beach, waited maybe for like five hours. He had, you know, he had said, you know, keep a nice, clear view towards the north have clear skies, no moon, if possible. And then wait. So I did. And, you know, I waited for six hours in the cold, didn't see anything. And I was like, No, you know, he must have been kidding me. You know, it must have been a joke. And on my way back to the car, I was, I still had the clear view towards the north, but I was just facing away from the beach. And the tree line in front of me, you know, I was just getting to the carpark the tree line in front of me just lit up. And, you know, in my head was like, well, there could be several things here at like, I don't know, like the, you know, a boat from you know, there were there weren't any cars or any roads. I was like, couldn't be a car. Could be like a big boat. Could be the moon could be I don't know. But sure enough, you know, I turned back to to check what it was an end. Oh, my goodness, this was this was the very first peek at the Aurora. And even though it's not as bright and as colourful as what I get now in Northern Norway above head, oh, my goodness, that was so out of this world, like something you had never seen. And when, you know, I mean, I've been brought up in the city. But you know, I've been fortunate enough to have a summer house in the countryside. So I know what normal and polluted or at least not that much light polluted. nightscape looks like, you know, the amount of light coming from this phenomenon is something that is completely stranger to like, anything else, you know, it's just so, so powerful. I mean, it's just like these pillars that sit on the northern horizon and lighting up the whole landscape. Almost casting a shadow on the ground is something otherworldly and that it's undescribable if you've never seen it, and so ever since, you know, ever since that experience, that adrenaline kick that comes when your aura explodes and I'm sure you can relate. It's just yeah, it's just what what you know, starting to patch started what started the passion about the Aurora and ever since I actually picked up my first camera the next day because I just wanted to capture it. You know? I've already captured so bad, but I was, you know, didn't know anything about photography. So I learned myself through YouTube tutorials, you know, being the field trials and errors. And I actually switched jobs because this was just you know, chasing, you're chasing the night sky become became a passion basically. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  10:22   That yeah, like, it's really hard to explain that feeling right when you for when you see the aurora, whether it's the first time or you know, however many times but I'd like you to try. How does that feeling? You know, for the audience never feel you who never seen it? Before? How does it feel to be able to be in this pristine dark sky? Seeing the sky dancing? Adrien Mauduit  10:56   So, first, for the audience, I think, you know, it's good to have, that's why I mentioned the dark sky reference, you know, knowing what, sort of like a typical dark sky looks like, you know, not the sky of you know, of a city, but being just maybe just outside of a city already, you know, it's I know, it's probably a bit light polluted. But it just gives you an idea of the amount of light of natural light, I would say, that's coming from the nice guy, you know, it's, it's not a lot, but it's still a little bit. So you can sort of make out a few things in the landscape, you know, at least in black and white. So, it's good to have a reference. And once you do, you, I think you can appreciate even more, how much how much brightness and how much light comes from this phenomenon. I mean, it's just particles bombarding the atmosphere, causing it to, to light up basically to to really produce light dancing light, just like a just like a neon light. Now, about the experience, I think, is just life changing. It just, it's groundbreaking, like it is something that unravels or that just how to describe it, it changes your view, I think on a lot of things, because again, that's, that's unlike anything you've ever seen. And one, when you have this connection to the dark sky, when you know what a dark, normal dark sky looks like, you know, it's not usual, you know, it's something that is almost alien, you know? So, it's just, personally I didn't, I didn't cry, maybe I shed a little tear. At the beginning, I just can't remember. But I know, you know, now that I've seen so many people react on the Aurora, we all have a different, a different reaction to the euro, some people cry some people just, you know, lay down, you know, they feel the need to lay down because not necessarily because it's overhead, but more because they it's almost like they feel the weight of this natural phenomenon. And they you know, they have no choice but to sit down or lay down and just appreciate almost almost like a I wouldn't say fear reaction, but you know, like, almost like, like a child when it's being grounded and like sits down and it just does nothing. That's the sort of like yeah, you just you're at a loss for words and some of the people just dance around shoutings you know, we all have I tend to be like this or I used to be like this actually more often, but not I'm taking photography and I'm alone I just try to enjoy the show. And just I think I just let my cameras run the time lapses I do a bit of real time filming, but I just watch all the time it's very important to also enjoy the show for yourself 100% Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  14:07   And you know it's one of the reason why I got into time lapse is because then I could take photo at the same time I could enjoy the scenery it's really nice that way but um, yeah, like so you know looking at your Instagram which is nights Night Night Lights films, you know it's just filled with this night shot right whether it's Aurora whether it's a Milky Way or meteor shower, so how often do you go out there and you know, chase this the night skies Adrien Mauduit  14:43   Okay, so every time that I that is that we have clear skies because I shouldn't mention we're I'm in a part of the world. So I live full time in Arctic Norway. And who says gold says, you know, clouds and condensation and precipitation, obviously. And so, the the window, the windows of opportunity, I think, are quite short and small in Norway, because we're also close to the sea. And we, you know, we get the influence from the Gulf Stream and from the sea. And we have a lot of cloud entry and, and stuff like that. So whenever the sky is clear, I just go out even if the, the the award activity is, is quite low, because then I can do Milky Way Believe it or not, Aurora is a form of is a good form of light pollution, but it's still light pollution. So whenever you know you would have you would have to do anything deep sky or you know, just Milky Way, you need to make sure the award is at the lowest because otherwise it outshines everything that just how much light, you know, comes out of the Aurora. And funnily enough, last night, I was, you know, I started the evening shooting the Milky Way, but I needed to stop the time lapse, almost halfway through because the Aurora just suddenly got a bit brighter, and that's enough to burn the whole, the whole sky is just, you know, the highlights were just burnt in the Aurora to expose nicely for the Milky Way. So I need to reduce the shutter speed and start a new. So that's just the way it is you need to you can never know what your A does. And, and so yeah, but to come back to your question, basically. So I chased your aura, most likely you're up. I do a bit of milky way here in Norway, but it mostly Aurora, throughout the Aurora season, which here spans from anywhere from, I think late August to the start of April. And then the rest of the year, I do some other types of work. I usually travel the world to take some time lapses in real time sequences that I licence to production companies. So I do different type of work during the winter. And during the summer, which I like as well. Because there is a lot as opposed to, you know, being sitting in an office and and doing the same type, like repetitive work over and over again. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  17:12   sounds horrible job there. And I don't know, it's I know. Hopefully, you know, the listeners can hear the sarcasm in there. But yeah, like, yeah, man, that's awesome, right? It's just like, I think it's really good. One of the things that I love about travelling is that change. So I know exactly how, you know, giving that change can help your creativity and how much you you have to stay in love with what you do, right? Because I think it's important, otherwise, things just get stagnant. And yeah, so all of this Alright, do you mostly shoot them in Norway? Or do you go to other parts of the world to chase these orders as well? Adrien Mauduit  18:03   So, yes, so I'm, you know, I decided to, to come to Norway, and to emigrate in Norway, because, or I should say, Northern Norway, because Norway is quite a long country from from south to north. So, you know, it almost, I always like to name Norway, because in my head, it's like the way to the North, in a way, you know, it's like it begins in the south, away from most of the Aurora, and then just make your way up north, you know, more than 1000 kilometres. And then you're there, you're at the polar circle, the Arctic Circle. And that's where you see most of the aurora in this zone of the world. So I decided to immigrate there, because obviously, this is the home of the Aurora. And we get a show. If it's clear, we get a shot every night, we get to see the aurora every single night, of course, in varying intensity and varying activity, but we still see the aurora every night if it's clear. But that being said, sometimes the Aurora dips way for the South. So when we have periods of increased what we call increased geomagnetic activity. So that's the the activity that's being created by the disturbances of the solar wind, and how the planet reacts to those disturbances. So that the consequences one of the consequences, the creation of the euro, obviously, but there are other consequences. But anyways, when this activity is higher, the best of the world activity actually migrates towards the equator. And how far how far towards the equator is dictated by many factors. So you can never really predict per se when that the best activity will end up in terms of location but And sometimes, you know, in the span of an hour, it can literally, it can literally travel, I would say, you know, five, between 500 and 1000 kilometres south. So obviously you can, it's not like you can take orbit by plane ticket, and just and just you know, last minute just fly to wherever you want. But I also travelled to other locations and other countries, for example, very often now as we're getting into more rural activity during the solar cycle, because we're arriving at a very interesting part of the solar cycle now, which is called the solar maximum, where the the, your activity is supposed to be more frequent. And more towards the equator as well. I tend to travel last year, I travelled several times to Finland and Sweden, for example. But I've chased your rora in Iceland and chased it in Canada. Afterwards, when I you know, I wanted to go back and see that for myself as well in Canada. And yes, we didn't Norway, Finland. And that's about it, I think, maybe, you know, nevermind, I chest a bit in the US as well. So several locations, I still have a few locations that I'd like to see. And especially that includes the the Southern Lights, never seen the southern lights. So being able to see the what we call the conjugate Aurora, because it's basically almost the same Aurora that's happening at the same time in the north in the South. I want to see it in the South as well. So southern southern hemisphere, obviously. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  21:39   Yeah, I mean, like those, this the South, the southern light is actually quite interesting. And I'm wondering what makes you want to see the Southern Lights, because they're, they almost look about the same compared to Northern Light in most cases. Adrien Mauduit  21:58   So there, there are several things, it's actually a very interesting question. And I think we're getting a bit more into detail here with your aura. So like I said, you know, when we get those bursts of auras, or these bursts of activity, they're generally speaking, the overall I will look almost exactly the same in the South and in the north, because it's just the way the aura is created. The particles, you know, they just, they're just channelled towards the channel towards suppose, almost, you know, at the same time, quite actually add the same time. And with the same sort of properties, but there are still a few differences. It's not like a mirror, a perfect mirror, there are some differences. And actually, the what we call the world oval, which is it at any time, it's just all the war happening at one pole, it looks like a doughnut shape. And that is actually a bit more active in the South for some reason, it has to do with the way the, the magnetic field of the Earth is, is made. And so it's a bit stronger at the south. And so the southern oval is usually slightly more active, and you will see slightly, maybe more colourful or brighter or as for the same, you know, same global show. So that's one of the reasons and the second reason is, you know, you can see the award, the southern lights, you can see them in countries where, you know, have always been on my bucket list, like this mania and New Zealand, Australia, and maybe perhaps Antarctica as well, I know, you know, you'd have to travel quite far inland to see the Southern Lights in Antarctica. But still, it's just, I just want to see it for myself, you know, even if it's the same, that's the cool thing with your whare you know, you asked me I think at the beginning, we talked about change in our, our job. And the raw is the definition of change because it's never the same it just from one name to another, you know, changes from one even from one minute to another, it changes shape, colours and stuff like that, in this case. So that's what makes it so interesting. You know, not two times this is going to be the same and you never know what you're gonna get. So that's what's so exciting. About the Aurora. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  24:35   Yeah, no 100% I think, you know, like, when you shoot Aurora, even with the same exact composition, there's always there's always different right? But let's say for example, if you shoot the Milky Way, like you are chasing the composition, because you know, if you should at the same time, you know, or roughly about the same time at the same location. It looks exactly the same. So yeah, that's that's, it's really cool, but alright, that way, but um, Australia, I didn't think. I mean, I know when there is the storm is really high, you can kind of see it in Australia, but it's really, really hard to see in Australia and my right, like, I think Manaea would be the best chance, right? But in the mainland Australia, it's a little bit too far north to be able to be like pillars and stuff. Adrien Mauduit  25:24   You'd be surprised, actually, I think to think it's Victoria in in Australia, they see Aurora much more often than then one would think. Because even when it's, you know, Tasmania in the Southern New Zealand, it's actually not that far. It's quite towards support, it's a, it would be the equivalent of, of like the Well, it depends across the states, obviously. But like, I couldn't give you an equivalent because the deal was crude, the, the oval is crooked. So it doesn't correspond to geographic latitude, unfortunately. So I couldn't give you a reference. But Tasmania in New Zealand, they're actually quite far towards the Aurora. And on very good shows, you know, they could see the aurora above head in certain Tasmania. And Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  26:24   so you're saying? So by the way, what Adrian was saying, it's like the oval where the Aurora is happening is not dial up, it's not exactly circular to the north or the south pole. So there is like a little bit oval. That's why they call it that makes sense, though, it's not a circle. So So what you're saying is that as menu and New Zealand is closer to the active part of the oval, is that what you're saying? Adrien Mauduit  26:52   That's exactly what I'm saying. While you know, travelling to Australia does make a difference, you know, I mean, you were, you're getting further away from the oval. There, there, there is still like a, quite a large part in the southern, I think, eastern part southeast part of Australia, where it's, it's quite possible to see your whare you know, albeit on the horizon, but still, you know, quite quite often actually, they see the aura, and they don't need like a big, big storm to actually start seeing pillars on the horizon, believe it or not, so, it's, I think it's a it's been a misconception. You know, not being able to see the aurora or thinking you're could never have the natural attitude. But if you're, you know, if you get into liking the Aurora and trying to chase it and really trying to understand when it happens and why that happens. I think you'll understand why the Aurora happens way more often than you think and way closer to you than you think. So, you know, obviously the best shows are where you're under the Aurora, but if you're not under the Aurora, you might be surprised to know, the Aurora is not that far away from you, as you think well in Valley unfortunately. You need you need such a powerful story. But you know, so, you know, talking to some people in the world, they might not even know they could see the award at their place without having the need to travel so I think it's nice for them to know, Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  28:34   ya know, 100% I think most people the biggest the biggest problem or challenges that most people have is that the city lights right. You live in the city you can hardly see the stars to start with, let alone auroras you know, when it's when it's too far away from the from the source itself. But like, you know, like, I mean, I've seen some of your shots where it was full moon and you could see the aurora and you know, some of them are accompanied by a bright city lights and all that stuff. So yeah, like if you're really go far north, you could really see it even with you know, a light around your horizon. And so like man, like you take so many Aurora shots, right? And it's been just like crazy. You know, when I first met you and just like I do not know anyone who take more or photos than you do is just incredible. So Unknown Speaker  29:35   out of those, Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  29:36   what is your let's say, most memorable moment that you've captured a with the Aurora Adrien Mauduit  29:50   think you know when you when you take or photos when you take so much or photos and not I'm not saying that for? No I do. laughs so I don't know how just how many shots I've taken over my career so far. But I can tell you that a lot of shots and a lot of different sequences with a lot of different compositions and stuff like that. So I have a lot of favourite shots, per se, but I think the I think I'm hesitating right here, because you told me what you asked me the most memorable shot, correct? Yeah. So I think my most accomplished, accomplished shot was the reindeer that you, you mentioned. But to me, I mean, that's, that's a real accomplishment, because it's quite hard to take wildlife. If you're sharp wildlife, on, you know, in a night night photography altogether, regardless of whether there's a war or not, but it's very hard to take wildlife at night. But to me, I think the most memorable shot today should be I'm hesitating between two, actually, I think one is the Phoenix. It's, it's a picture that looks like a worthy war, it looks like a phoenix rising from the mountains. And that one was quite memorable, because that was one of those nights during the debt of what we call solar minimum, which is the lowest of solar activity. And for the audience, I remind the, I remind the audience that the sun is the source of the Aurora. So if you have low solar activity, you don't get a lot of auras. But at high latitudes, you still get, you know, the shows, even if the solar activity is, is low. And so that night, I remember that was a quite a warm night in November. Warm for me is about zero to five degrees Celsius, for the season, of course, but I think, for a lot of people, it's quite cold. And, you know, it was supposed to be cloudy, it was supposed to be it was supposed to be very low activity. And so I took my chances anyway, and I think it it's memorable for me, because, you know, it's like, all the elements are against you, you know, you go all against the odds, and you beat the odds going out in the field, you know, showing your persistence. Going anyways, you know, you know, you might not get anything, you might waste money, you might waste resources, time, you could have done something else you could have, I could have been more comfortable at home, you know, enjoying a meal. And yet, I said, No, I want to take my chances. And so I did, and I drove one hour to the fjords. And I hiked for about 30 minutes, the the, the, it was still cloudy, and they'll still be we're still super low in terms of activity. And then all of a sudden, everything cleared up magically. For some reason that I would, I could never, you know, I could never know, it, everything just lined up perfectly. And that's when, you know, the modal of photographers, you know, if you're not outside, you're not going to get anything, right, you need to be outside you need to be in the field to, to to get the shots otherwise, you know, you would never have known and that that that shot I think was represented that very, very well. And so everything cleared up. I set up my cameras and my my time lapses and actually that's that was one of those times where I actually set up the activity was so low that I shot at 20 sec next year, which it's you know a bit about photography, or night photography is the settings for you know, nice nice settings for Milky Way. Milky Way shots. And, yeah, that was one of those nights where, you know, we weren't supposed to be to get a lot of Aurora so I set up the milk for Milky Way. And again, when all of a sudden the Aurora just came out out of nowhere and very rapidly just brightened the whole the whole landscape and I had to reduce from 20 seconds to one second exposure to give you an idea of how bright that over that overall was. And so I pointed the camera towards whether you were I was getting super bright and was expanding over the sky and So, of course, a split second, this, this, the avora took the shape of a giant bird, or if I called it the Phoenix afterwards, because it just reminded me of, you know, the rise of the Phoenix. And that I think that was the most unique shape that I've ever gotten in terms of Aurora. And the whole story behind the shot, I think, is what makes it so memorable. Of course, I've, I've got so many stories throughout my career that shot was in 2018. So since then, you know, there are a lot of shots and a lot of stories. But I was at the very start of my overall chasing career all at the start, but I think, I guess in Norway, and so to me, that's something that, you know, I'm always talking about is, is this story because it just represents so well, you know, the hardship that you have to go through the also against yourself, because you know, you want to stay out inside, you're nice and comfy. And there is this, this passion inside still, that tells you no, I'm going out anyways, I want to see if I get something. And that's, you know, when when you know that I think you truly like something is that you don't it doesn't matter what what is what is outside of this fashion. You just go for it. So yeah, that's, that's I think that's my most memorable shot today. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  36:38   That's cool. Yeah. I mean, that story is so inspiring. You know, I think too many of us rely so much on the weather forecasts. And I feel like I don't know, if you agree I, you know, like, for the audience who listen as well, I don't know if you guys agree, and I'd like to actually get your take on this. But I feel like the Instagram culture or the social media culture, change that mindset, you know, we started photography, because we enjoy the journey going out there capturing, you know, a moment that we may or may not have, we may or may not going to experience, right. But along the way, this, this instant gratification, changed that whole mindset. And it's no longer about the journey, but the adventure, it's about the photo, right? Ah, I need to make sure that the cloud is, you know, burning, or I need to make sure that the sky is clear that the Aurora is blowing up, and you know, all this stuff just to get more likes. And I love hearing that story, right? Because that's what photography is all about, like, I don't know, anyone who started photography, because they want more likes on Instagram, like, you know, once people started photography, because they just want to capture and enjoy the moment. But along the way, we cannot forget that. And so yeah, like, thanks for sharing that man. Like, I, I know that feeling when you go against all the odds and the odds, just like, you know, beat itself and give you such an incredible what they call it. Like, reward right to remember by and it's not only it's not even about the photo, like you said, it's about that feeling of. So that's cool. Adrien Mauduit  38:35   I think it's, it's the whole package really, that comes with the photo. And funnily enough, I think you mentioned you just mentioned, you know, some people might start photography for because of Instagram and to get more likes, but I think they burn out quite easily and they get out of the this interest. Because they the purpose is quite shallow, you know, they do it as repetitive work or you know, as a job. And, you know, the minute it starts feeling like a job, like you have to go out to get content and, and to shoot for someone else. You don't shoot for yourself anymore. And I think that's where the passion disappears. And so, I think you mentioned it, it's probably one of the, the other pieces of advice I could give the audience's that. Try to avoid feeling like you have to post this photo you have to take this photo to post on social media. Take it for yourself first and keep it this way. Otherwise, yeah, the passion disappears and you don't, you don't want to, you know, you don't feel like you. You really want it comes from you, you know you there's this external desire to go outside and it's just not you. So keep that for yourself first. And then that's actually where the, the inspiration, you know, should come from because obviously we as photographers, we Do we compare to each other? Sorry, we compare ourselves to other photographers all the time. But the less you do that, the more it the more self oriented your photography journey is, I think the more self inspired it becomes. And I think that's where you start focusing on yourself first, and you start getting outside of the your comfort zone first. And then you start experimenting on new stuff that, you know, you haven't seen before, or stuff that would seem completely ridiculous to others, but then you try it, and then you post it. And I think a lot of people recognise that in my work is that I, yes, I, I have taken a few shots, you know, of famous places, and monuments and stuff like that even at night. But I'm more interested in interested in taking things that have never been done before. In all the like, whether it is a time lapse or single shot photography, I like to experiment a lot, taking, you know, out of focus, book a time lapse, which is very rarely done. And funnily enough, you know, a lot of the production companies love this kind of time lapses. And I think, you know, they, they saw the works first, and they contacted me to work with them because of this. So, and I think that, but I want to expand to take your time to expand a bit more on that afterwards. Because that was now I'm going towards a piece of advice I'm going to give at the end. So let's not get into that just yet. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  41:41   That's awesome. And thanks for mentioning that because I know exactly that feeling when you feel like you have to go out and shoot and actually had a burn out because of that. And that is also the reason where this podcast came from, you know, because I was like burning out and I want to hear what other people are going through. And most of the time, you know, it's not one year, it's not two year, it's usually more than that. Plus more of you know, get to where they are. So, you know, the overnight success that people see in the Instagram is never overnight, you know, they put all their heart and work behind it. Yeah, like that is an awesome, awesome advice. And I love that, you know, you kind of dive into that even deeper, to just share that insight. And I think that is really important. So I guess one of the thing that I'm interested in, and I'm sure that the audience will be would love to know as well is so used to be, you know, in a science kind of niche, and then your you had your master degree and all that stuff. You're a teacher, and suddenly, poof, you're a photographer, right? How does that? How does that thinking process as well as journey to transition over? Because you know, that one of the biggest preconception that most people say is that artists, you know, a starving artist. Mindset, right? So, so when you jump into the profession, people are gonna think you're crazy. You're an absolutely, you know, crazy to, to let go of your master's degree and all that stuff and jump into this starving industry. But how does that process go? And what makes if there? Is there any thing that makes all the difference that helps you to transition over? Adrien Mauduit  43:46   It's funny, you mentioned starving artists, because this is exactly where I was going. I think you you need to. Or at least that was the case for me. I I'm not sure if you need to so it's not isn't No, you know, no advice, but you need to make sacrifices, I think you need to, to be willing to be a starving artist for a while to start the journey, especially if you come from a background that, you know, I was a teacher, but I was at the beginning of my career. And I wanted to get into a PhD so I went to go further in my studies as well. So you know, it's like, you know, from one day to the other, you stop everything and you start something new and that's something that is that is quite scary. I'm not gonna lie to you. It's, you know, starting a new journey without having any mentor or any kind of support from anyone. Although some people didn't believe you know, and some people some some of members of my family pushed me and said, Yeah, you're quite talented. So you should probably do You should probably pursue it, you know, you don't have a lot of support from anything else, to be honest. It's just maybe, you know, you're lucky enough to have a grant you to search for grants. But basically, for me, I already own some cameras, which I was able to acquire during that, or thanks to the salary from my teaching position there in Denmark. But I realised, you know, if you are to start with a photography company, you need to buy everything from scratch, and you don't have any sort of support. And photography is expensive, as you know. And there's always this lens that you want, and is always this other piece of gear that you need. So that as quickly, too, you know, a lot of a lot of resources and time and money. So it's, it's difficult, and you need to be willing to make the sacrifice, you know, for a period of your time, dedicate yourself 100% at the expense of others, and at the expense of maybe love life and social life and stuff like that. I think that's a sacrifice that you need to be willing to make, at least nowadays, if you don't have already a name. And if you if you're really serious about this, this job, and you can see a few other stories in in, at least in the night, night, Sky photography, industry, you know, like ALAN WALLACE, or even even yourself, I mean, you said you were burning out, but I'm sure you've made a lot of sacrifices, when I see those pictures behind you here with the Milky Way. I know those are could be faraway locations, or I see also like a summit picture here. You need to be willing to also physically, you know, put yourself through danger and have like natural hazard to be able to take those unique shots and make a name of yourself in this oversaturated industry, let's, let's say the way it is, it's oversaturated. But it's not impossible. And that's another piece of advice, you know, that I have for the audience's that it might seem completely useless to stop now. Now that even you know, social media is getting crazy. Your Instagram is not working anymore. So, you know, it's like, oh my gosh, it's useless to start now. No, it's not. And if it brings something for you other than making money, then definitely do it. Because for me, that brings photography nice guy brings joy for me being alone with the elements when there's no sun outside, no winds, you know, you have the perfect pristine sky with I don't know, I would imagine a nice lake or a nice, you know, still see where you get the reflection of the moon or the refraction of stars. Oh, my goodness, there's no feeling beating that. I think Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  48:08   that is a great advice. And you know, like, I know that feeling 100% that just that really serene, pristine, you know, like, tranquil sort of feeling they just, ah, you know, like, it feels like nothing else matter, right? It's just like, you're in the moment. You're so in the moment that nothing else matters. Yeah, that's, that's awesome. So. So how, what are some of the things that you did in terms of earning money? And that you can? I suppose let me rephrase that. So how did you, you know, how did you earn from your photography? And how would you have done it differently? If an audience come to you and say, Hey, I'm thinking about, you know, doing this full time because I love it. I love the fulfilment, but I just don't know where you, you know where to start? What sort of direction or advice would you give them? Adrien Mauduit  49:09   So, I think having, you know, a sum that is dedicated, like, it's like a saving sum of money that is somewhere on an account. And that, of course, you don't touch for, I mean, you buy your gear, but you don't touch for anything else, then just like in case of emergency kind of package. That is advisable, because there's going to be a period where you're going to, you're going to and I think that's the same for a lot of deputing artists. There's a period of time at the beginning where you're going to put in way more efforts than you're going to get any return on investment, if that makes sense. So you're going to invest yourself much more than you're going to earn. And that that period of Time is frustrating because you don't see the product of your hard labour, right, you don't see the return on investment. And that's frustrating for a lot of people. And that might cause some people to stop at that stage. But that's exactly when, you know, everything looks, looks bleak. And like doom and gloom. That's exactly where you should actually double your efforts. Because you never know, what is, you know, in around the corner, I would say, that's exactly when I can actually share a little bit of how I ended up in Norway. So I started photography in 2016. Professionally, so I quit my job in Denmark, I had a bit of money on the side. And I wanted to sell prints first, because that's what everyone did. So I set up a Wix website, and I started making, you know, a little bit of money, really not much at all, not enough to live anyways. So I went back to France, I no shame in saying, I went back to my parents, and we've had my parents for about a year to help me, you know, in this journey, because rent was quite expensive. And, you know, I was I did, you know, some some job on the side as well, I, I was doing substituting teaching in at my dad's school, and, you know, during the night, I would go out. So it's like, this double life that you need to lead as well, you know, it's not like you're gonna earn, unless you're very smart, and, and smart enough, but I'm not that smart. So I didn't figure out a way to earn money completely from photography at first. And so I needed this side, income source or stream to help me survive the first years. And so after a year, I was like, you know, I was just about to give up, you know, it's like, Oh, I'm not seeing the return on investment. It's not worth my time, even though I love it. But so, I took this one last trip, I told myself, Okay, after a year, I don't make enough money, then I just continue my, my, into a PhD, right, or it was my teaching job. So I taking one last trip to Scandinavia to see the Orion maybe, hopefully to take some pictures, and some people will like it. I don't know. I didn't know what I was thinking. So went to a disco in Sweden, starting started shooting, shooting the Aurora. And that was a few days before the end of everything, basically, because after that trip, remember, I was gonna stop everything. And I was about to give up. And I received this email from Oh, sorry, this message on Facebook from the, the director of what is now the Aurora Borealis Observatory in, in Sydney island in Norway. And they said, Well, he said, I love your job, your your work I've been I've been watching your work for a while now. It's I think the quality is, it's awesome. You know, what, what would you how would you like to come and visit. So I did visit I did an extension of my trip did visit the observatory without any sort of saw, like second thoughts or without knowing what what they wanted. And so I visited the observatory, and long story short, he offered me a job, then, you know, based out of Norway, and perfect location for the war, I could do, I would earn money on the side enough to survive. And I could do photography as well on my start time. And to me, that was the perfect, perfect opportunity. And that's how I got started, I started making content. And from them, I was able to be visible on social media. And you know, that's the snowball effect afterwards, you know, you post and post and post and you start getting noticed. And then boom, you get, you know, collaborations, contracts and stuff like that. That's how your photography journey is. So if I have one piece of advice is when you think, you know, you're gonna, when you feel like you need to give up because you don't see any results. That's exactly when you should double down on your efforts. Because, you know, at least that that happened to me, but I know that happened to a lot of other people. That's exactly when, you know, for some reason, that's exactly when good things happen. So don't give up. And yes, you're the start of the journey is hard and full of hurdles and challenges. But you know, most most most people make it and if they presets and enough they make it for sure. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  55:02   That's awesome that I think that is a really cool thing. Real cool advice there. Because, you know, cuz you mentioned a couple of things right first, you know, like, you need to put on the sacrifice and to make it in this turfing industry. But actually, we need to make that sacrifice on all of that, right? It doesn't matter what Startup you try what company you want to build, it's actually the same thing. So I think there is no different that. And the second thing is, you know, like, it's saturated. Yes, it is saturated, but only saturated for people who doesn't want to go the extra mile. And I think you know, like, when you when you talk about you have to make sacrifice and making those you know, wonderful kind of content. And just keep putting yourself out there until one day, you know, somebody notice it all or you know, have that saving, and just keep going keep going and double down on the times that you feel like you want to give up. I think that is a really good advice, because that's exactly why this. That's exactly how you make it in this saturated industry when you're willing to go the extra miles. And keep going when everyone else quit. So that's, that's a really good advice, Adrian, thanks for sharing that. Now. I know we're kind of going over time here a little bit. It's been really nice talking to you. And before we can I close this down. Since you know, I'd love you, I love to get you to share how can people forecast the Aurora? When when they visit North or South? Like, you know, and don't worry about the crazy science behind it just like some of a few practical things that they can do to increase their chance seeing that or because unlike most people, what most people think it's, it's always there, there is no season for it. Yes, there are some times of the year that are better to say it. But at the same time, it's like a rain right? It really rely a lot on the forecast. So based on your experience, what are some of the practical steps that you can suggest to our audience to better or to get their chance to see the aurora? Adrien Mauduit  57:29   Yeah, so that's, that's the $100 question, isn't it? Like when? When are we getting Aurora? Yeah, so without getting into too much, or too many details. So to increase your chances to see the aurora, I would say, you know, you mentioned that's exactly like rain, you know, the Aurora here happens all the time. But the rain, it doesn't rain all the time, right, you have periods of sun and periods of clouds, and rain. So it happens sporadically, but it does happen all the time, so very frequently. To maximise your chances to see the aurora, you need to make sure, I think that's the first piece of advice I would give to people is make sure you call me and I know it's it's expensive, you know, a lot of the locations up north are expensive, because it's so far away from everything. If you have the resources, try to go as long as possible. So for as many days as possible, because sometimes just one day makes the difference between not seeing anything, for example, like a three, three day stay, you know, you could be clouded out for three days, and you wouldn't see anything, regardless of the location, right? It does happen, those long periods of completely cloudy skies in the north, that happens all the time. But imagine if you booked an extra day and the last on the last day, it clears up and you get even if you get you don't get the best overall ratio in the world, you get to see the aurora. So I always tend to stay book, you know, one to three extra days, if you can allow it money wise and time wise. That definitely helps. Because as you know that the we're getting better at terrestrial weather forecasting, right. I mean, we've we had hundreds of, of years of records and we need our models are starting to be really, really accurate. Whether we complain or not, you know, because they're some of them may not be accurate, but space weather and Aurora. It's such a new science that our models and our forecasts are actually in their infancy as opposed to terrestrial weather. And we don't have that very precise instruments or those very precise instruments that can allow us to predict with certitude you know, I Uh, in an hour range or within minutes when the award is going to happen. So I couldn't tell you, per se, you know, if there was going to happen in one minute in an hour, but there are a few things that you could look at, to sort of maximise your chance to see the aurora. And that is to follow the, the first thought follow the people that the scientists in the fields, they believe it or not, they are on social media. And they can, they can actually give you great advice. And they, they, some of them, produce forecasts. But otherwise, honestly, there are a few websites or resources that you can, you can look at. And that is the NOAA Space Weather Prediction centre. website. And there is another one space weather live, I think those two. So NOAA, and oh, a Space Weather Prediction centre. And then space weather live.com are the two main resources that I would think, you know, predict pretty much everything from the Sun to the Aurora on Earth. So they have, let's say they have I wouldn't say foot, but they have, you know, they predict all those steps that come in between. So and they're quite clear as well. So yeah, those are the two, I think the two advice that I can give to people to maximise their chances. Also, make sure you you get to a location that is dark enough. So not within a city or if you're within a city, you need to be able to have guided tours that go outside of the city or to rent a car. And then you know, a bit of Moon is is okay with your work, especially if it's overhead that it's not that much of a problem. But it's it comes down to your preference, a lot of mood so full moon will hinder or mask out the faint of Aurora, whilst the bright Aurora, it doesn't matter with the moon, it just, you know, you can you can see anyways, but some people prefer no mood. So if you don't want any moon to hinder your view, then try to look at the moon calendar and to try to look at the facts. Also, don't only look at the moon calendar, because here the moon, believe it or not, behaves very differently as it does at the equator. Even it says the moon is I don't know, like 50% for the moon might not even show up the whole night. And that's just what happens in the north because of the course of objects in the sky. So check some apps for the course of the moon if you want or the the weather as well. But make sure the lack of advice is make sure you've had a time where your location is dark enough. By dark enough means I mean, at least nautical twilight. So nautical twilight is the part of the Twilight, where you start seeing the few the first Aurora the first strong a walrus. That's where you start making out the start. And of course darker than that is okay. That's what they find the quote unquote Aurora season at your location, which is which differs from location to another. So yeah, that's, Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  1:03:42   that's that's a really good tip. Yeah, I guess I'll clarify a bit like when Adrian was saying nautical twilight is what he meant is that light after the blue hour, I think so after a sunset, you know, the sunset, it goes to blue hour and then some other light and then go to another two nautical twilight, and then it go fully dark. So that happened before sunrise and after sunset. So that's what he meant. And I think, you know, a lot of people also need to appreciate in a place like Norway, for example, in some, some time of the year, you don't get any nighttime at all, isn't it? You don't even get any Twilight or blue hour, isn't it? Adrien Mauduit  1:04:31   Nope. So we we do get because of the we're so high in in the latitude that we're subject to the tilt of the earth much more than at the equator. And we can see this change quite dramatically as you pointed out with the course of objects in the sky throughout the seasons, and especially the sun's because for two months of the year in the summer at the heart of the summer, the work oriented towards The sun all the time, right that we were tilting towards the sun all the time. So we get the midnight sun and we obviously so that means we get the sun at midnight, although it's low on the horizon, but it's still, you know, it's quite weird. Start at midnight. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  1:05:16   Say it never actually sets. Adrien Mauduit  1:05:19   Nope, it never set. So it just it grazes gently the horizon, the northern horizon at midnight, and then it goes up again, at one two in the morning. And it goes up, it never sets, but it goes up in the sky again. So it gets brighter. That's so you get? Yeah, so you get different lights, you get to see the landscape hit by the lights from, from an angle where you could never see at other locations. You know, it's like in Valley, for example, your favourite location, your favourite COVID, as you say, behind you, yeah, it looks like a nice Cove by the beach, let's say, you know, it's quite stable in Valley because throughout the year, the sun, the sun does the course or the sun doesn't change that much in the sky. Try to imagine the sun. Most of the year, it doesn't hit that Cove. But then in the winter for somebody else, or in the summer, for some reason, at midnight, boom, you get the golden light from the sun. From there hitting the cove. It's like you're getting for landscape photography is just perfect, because you get to see things that you could never see otherwise. So it's Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  1:06:30   Yeah, you get we get forever golden hour. How awesome is that? Right. It's cool. All right. Well, that's that's a really good advice. You know, I love that the two resources that you talk about? And I'll be sure to put it on the link as well. Yeah, they believe it or not, there are a lot of apps in the Apple Store. But don't trust them. Adrien Mauduit  1:06:56   Yeah, no, I, I think the app are quite misleading because they give you the raw data without I mean, some of them do explain what the raw data I mean, but they have it, a lot of the apps have it wrong, because they dumb it down so much, that they start making mistakes in their own explanation. And that's just not how the Aurora happens. It's very complicated. So, you know, you can you can download the app store free, most of them are free anyways. But don't really go with the app. And trust the people that are in the field, when you come to a location because they know the overall better. And they know how it behaves, which is probably not what the app says, say at the time anyway, so Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  1:07:41   yeah. 100% and I think you know, what Adrian? Say was because like when I first started, I used to look at the app and go like whoa, KP seven I'd be like heading out, it's like, this is not KP said the thing that the app or most people don't understand is there's so many different small factor that affect that. So even at the lower KP you have a beat you have is to have chance to sit and you know, at a higher KP you might not see that at all. So and that's why Adrienne say Go follow the scientists because they will actually put all of this data in context so that you can make a better judgement. But yeah, thanks thanks for sharing that. And you know, if you have maybe like a couple of scientists that you recommend to follow do let me know and I'll put it on the link so that the audience can jump in and follow them as well. But also at the same time follow Adrian because when like really guys just go through his his Instagram and I mean you're blown away but find the one with the reindeer it is my favourite shot actually there is there three shots that are really love from your shot. The one that like like crazy love it is the reindeer. The second one is the Milky Way and the Aurora one like left to right. And the other one was the clouds at the crazy rainbow on the clouds. That's just insane. Like, I was like, damn, I want to see that. One day One day. Yeah, those Adrien Mauduit  1:09:16   are the things you want. Yeah, when there you will see. Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  1:09:19   All right, well, Adrian, thank you very much for sparing your time teaching us auroras as well as sure sharing your journey and giving the audience practical advice that they can do to either you know, chase their passion or even just see the auroras now for those of the people who want to, you know, find out more about your work or work with you or even just one appreciate your work even more, what is the best way for them to find find find you. Adrien Mauduit  1:09:53   So I do have a mandatory website where we all we all have website as dovers So it's three W that night lights, films. So lights and films are plural.com. But, you know, nowadays it's more I mean, we can find people more on social media. So I'm all on all major platforms. I'm also on YouTube. And I used to be on Vimeo, but I just deleted Vimeo. But I do I do, I do video as well. So a lot on, you know, Facebook watch or YouTube as well. But I'm on Twitter, YouTube, I've always under the same name, Night Lights, films or night lights. And, but if you type my name, you would also find me on Google, I'm sure that that's what comes first. That's so that's where people usually find me and they contact me any place, whether it's on Facebook or Instagram, we're, you know, via email or something like that. quite responsive. So Stanley Aryanto - The Wicked Hunt  1:11:07   fantastic. Yeah. He's, he's a great photographer and a great human being. So do follow him, get in touch with him. And I only say that, because you know, you've been with us for about an hour, but you know, I'm just kidding. No, he is. Awesome human being. But yeah, thank you very much, Adrian for being here, sharing all that knowledge. And with that being said, well, we can't hunters, hopefully you find a lot of value and enjoy that talk. Make sure you go to Adrian page, I guarantee that you will be blown away. So you know, if there is anything you get from this, you know, go and follow Him. And yeah, it'll make your life better, I can guarantee you Well, with that being say, let us know in the comment below. Give us a little bit review of whether or not you know what you think and what are some of the things that you want to hear in the future if you have if you have any artists that you want to hear their journey or whatnot. But thank you for being here. Thank you for tuning in. And I'll see you guys next week. Adrien Mauduit  1:12:18   Thank you for having me. Transcribed by https://otter.ai  

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Maria is Monaco-based Yachting entrepreneur. She has over 12 years of experience in the yachting sector, she even knows the industry from both sides: as her work and as a charterer and yacht owner's family member. She was one of the first, who started to organize unique yacht charters in different destinations around the world, including Northern Norway, Iceland, Madeira, Alaska, Antarctica and even Tanzania. In 2020 she founded Experiential Yachting to expand the perception of yachting, promote their alternative use, and identify a niche for multifunctional superyachts.

Show #1524 Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Thursday 7th July, it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. RIVIAN SAYS IT'S ON TRACK TO DELIVER 25,000 VEHICLES THIS YEAR "Rivian said Wednesday the company produced 4,401 electric vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, and delivered 4,467 during the quarter ended June 30. In the first quarter of 2022, Rivian produced 2,553 vehicles and delivered 1,227. That includes a mix of the Rivian R1T pickup truck, R1S SUV and the EDV commercial electric vans it is making for Amazon. The automaker's top priority this summer is ramping up production at its Normal factory by introducing a second shift. It also plans to break ground on a $5 billion facility in Georgia, which awarded the automaker the state's largest-ever incentives package of $1.5 billion." Original Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/06/rivian-says-its-on-track-to-deliver-25000-vehicles-this-year/ US: FORD EV SALES INCREASED 77% IN JUNE "Ford's all-electric vehicle sales increased quickly. In June, the company sold 4,353 BEVs, which is 77% more than a year ago and 3.0% of the total volume.  The number includes 1,837 Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickups and 1,957 Ford Mustang Mach-E. We estimated that Ford E-Transit sales stand at 559 (based on the cumulative number and previous reports). According to Ford, going into July, both F-150 Lightning and Mach-E dealer stock is higher than in June, which heralds stronger July sales ahead.  Noteworthy is also that over 70% of BEV sales are customers coming from other competitor brands. In the second quarter of 2022, Ford sold 15,527 all-electric vehicles (up 144% year-over-year), while so far this year sales almost reached 23,000 (up 77%)." Original Source: https://insideevs.com/news/596347/us-ford-ev-sales-june-2022/ TESLA MODEL Y IS SWEDEN'S BEST-SELLING CAR IN JUNE "Despite significant difficulties in Q2 2022, Tesla still achieved high success in Europe. Its Model Y and Model 3 were the best-selling electric vehicles in June in several countries. The more sales data we get, the more we learn about the success of the manufacturer's vehicles. It was recently revealed that Model Y became the best-selling car in Norway in June, where EVs took 78.7% of the market share. In addition, the vehicle became the best-selling electric car in Sweden. However, sales figures for all cars in the country, not just EVs, are now available, and Model Y's success appears to be far greater than only in the EV market." Original Source: https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-model-y-is-the-best-selling-car-in-sweden-in-june-2022-beating-its-polluting-rivals NON-TESLA SUPERCHARGER US PILOT “Tesla is expanding production capacity of power electronics components that convert alternating current to direct current, charging cabinets, posts, and cables. Later this year, Tesla will begin production of new Supercharger equipment that will enable non-Tesla EV drivers in North America to use Tesla Superchargers,” wrote the Biden-Harris Administration. "The pilot program would open the Supercharger Network with over 35,000 Superchargers worldwide to non-Tesla vehicles in the United States. As of this writing, the non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot is available in most of Europe, including those listed below.  France, The Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland , Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland" Original Source: https://www.teslarati.com/non-tesla-supercharger-pilot-united-states-launch/ TESLA SOLD 78,000 CHINA-MADE VEHICLES IN JUNE " U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) sold around 78,000 China-made vehicles in June, preliminary estimates published by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed on Wednesday.   This was up 142% from May, when Tesla sold 32,165 China-made vehicles, and up 135% from a year ago. The plant is undergoing an upgrade to boost its output, which requires it to suspend most production in the first two weeks of July, according to a separate internal memo seen by Reuters. The factory's goal is to eventually produce 22,000 cars per week, the memo said." Original Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-sold-78000-china-made-vehicles-june-cpca-preliminary-figures-show-2022-07-06/ CHINA'S NEV OWNERSHIP EXCEEDS 10 MILLION UNITS "China's new energy vehicle (NEV) ownership has surpassed the 10 million milestone, as electric vehicles (EVs) become increasingly accepted by the public. By the end of June 2022, China had 310 million vehicles, of which 10.1 million were NEVs, according to data released today by China's Ministry of Public Security. Of the 10.1 million NEVs, 8.1 million are pure electric vehicles, accounting for 80.93 percent of the total number of NEVs.In the first half of this year, a record 2.21 million NEVs were registered in China, the data show.  This is an increase of 1.11 million vehicles, or 100.26 percent, compared to the first half of last year. The share of NEVs among all new registrations was 19.90 percent, meaning one in five car buyers bought a NEV, according to the data." Original Source: https://cnevpost.com/2022/07/06/chinas-nev-ownership-exceeds-10-million-units/ NIO 500 KW FAST CHARGERS COMING TO CHINA AND THE EU THIS YEAR "During NIO's second annual Power Day event, the Chinese EV automaker spoke of its future of charging and battery technology, unveiling new 500 kW ultra-fast-charging piles in addition to a peek at its third-generation battery swap station. Here's a quick recap of NIO Power Day 2022. The 500 kW fast chargers have peak currents of 650 amps – easily some of the most impressive power in the current industry and a clear response to competitors in China. In August of 2021, GAC Aion launched a 480 kW fast charger, which would have been more impressive if the company hadn't originally promised a 600 kW charger. Just last week, chairman and CEO of fellow EV automaker XPeng He Xiaopeng said the company would be gradually rolling out its own 480 kW/800V charging network later this year to support high-voltage charging on its upcoming G9 SUV." Original Source: https://electrek.co/2022/07/06/nio-power-day-2022/ FISKER STARTS PRE-ORDER PROCESS FOR OCEAN ONE LAUNCH EDITION, ASKS FOR $5,000 DOWN "Fisker has asked for an additional $5,000 from reservation-holders to lock in a spot for the $68,999 Ocean One launch edition with a likely delivery in 2023.  With the $250 reservation fee plus the $5,000 "pre-order deposit," prospective buyers have a place saved in line for the One launch edition—essentially the first-year version of the model, which is limited to 5,000 vehicles. What the company described to Green Car Reports is an order deposit, not a pre-order deposit. This is not an extra $5,000 refundable deposit, it explained, but an actual down payment on the vehicle. It's the beginning of a vehicle purchase process that will involve specific lenders and finance details soon. Fisker aims to deliver the Ocean One to the U.S., Canada, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Sweden, all from November 2022 on, with the UK and France getting the launch version later next year." Original Source: https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1136394_fisker-pre-order-ocean-one-launch-edition-5000-down REFRESHED AUDI E-TRON AND E-TRON SPORTBACK SPIED  "Refreshed versions of the Audi E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback are under development, and these spy shots catch them together in Austria. The electric crossovers have an updated exterior, in addition to rumored powertrain changes. The standard E-Tron and Sportback appear to have the same front-end styling. The revised grille has an intersecting hexagonal mesh pattern, versus the current look with a mix of vertical elements and narrow slats. A rumor from last year claims that the refreshed E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback have a new battery that increases their range. They'll allegedly be able to cover 373 miles (600 kilometers) on a charge in the WLTP standard. The EPA ratings currently are 222 miles for the E-Tron and 218 miles for the Sportback." Original Source: https://www.motor1.com/news/596354/audi-e-tron-and-e-tron-sportback-refresh-spy-shots/ FREYR BATTERY CONFIRMS CONSTRUCTION OF GIGA FACTORY Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre (Labor Party) presented the government's new battery strategy on Wednesday. The goal is for Norway to be an attractive host country for sustainable and profitable activity throughout the battery value chain, as well as attracting the large giga factories. During the press conference Vestre held at the battery factory Freyr in Mo i Rana, Northern Norway, he announced that Freyr's board has approved the construction of the giga factory at Mo.  Freyr's investment decision for Giga Arctic (formerly Giga Factory 1 and 2) is NOK 17 billion. The government will provide 4 billion NOK in the form of loans and guarantees for the giant factory." Original Source: https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/freyr-battery-confirms-construction-giga-factory-northern-norway-17-billion-nok-investment URBAN FLOODING PRESENTS CHALLENGES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS "Under newly proposed federal regulations published in the Federal Register on June 22, the Federal Highway Administration would require that charging networks funded under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program consider the risks of locating chargers in areas subject to 100-year floods. Additionally, consideration should be given to access for EV chargers “during times of emergency such as evacuation from natural disasters,” as stated in the proposed rule. Argonne National Laboratory, a research center of the U.S. Department of Energy, issued a report this spring on using mapping tools to prioritize EV charger benefits in underserved communities. The report says that analyzing sea level rise data, as well as flood and fire risk data, can help determine “where to deploy EV infrastructure, where to allocate resources, and which populations are most at risk" Original Source: https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/urban-flooding-presents-challenges-for-electric-vehicle-charging-stations/626567/ FRIDGE UNIT WILL OPERATE FROM ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY "FRANCE: Carrier Transicold is to unveil Pulsor eCool, a refrigeration unit operating directly from the high voltage DC current generated by the batteries powering an electric light commercial vehicle.  Carrier Transicold's original Pulsor system, released in 2012, was the first LCV unit to harness the electrification potential of the company's E-Drive technology. In a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, the legacy system requires a generator to run on electric power.   Carrier says the new solution will deliver enhanced sustainability to customers choosing to operate a modern, electric urban delivery fleet." Original Source: https://www.coolingpost.com/products/fridge-unit-will-operate-from-electric-vehicle-battery/ QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM QOTW is taking a break for a while. Email your answers to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. 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Laura Galloway had it all in New York City.  A fabulous job, husband, and apartment until everything started to unravel into burnout.  By a series of pokes from the universe, she found herself in a small reindeer herding village in Northern Norway.  She stayed for 6 years as she healed from not only burnout, but the wounds on her soul that led to the burnout in the first place.  I love her story and her strength.  You can find Laura at:Her website:  authorlauragalloway.comOn Instagram:  authorlauragallowayGet her book on Audible hereGet her book on Amazon here

In this debut episode of Radyo Bienal, members of the curatorial team of the 17th Istanbul Biennial, Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar and David Teh, talk with Çiğdem Öztürk on the radio as a venue and a medium. It is followed by the video and sound intervention titled 'Acoustic Ocean', produced by Ursula Biemann in 2018, that invites us to explore the sonic ecology of marine life in Northern Norway's Lofoten Islands.

As a life-long angler, Viv Shears can be found fishing for a huge variety of fish species from crucians in Surrey, bass along the South Coast to monster halibut in the fjords of Northern Norway. For him now variety has certainly become the spice of life in terms of his angling... and of course carp farming!After graduating from Sparsholt College in 1995 Viv moved into fisheries management as Fisheries Manager with RMC Angling where he created and stocked many well-known fisheries during his five years there. In 2004, he returned to Sparsholt where he lectured for 11 years on fisheries management, practical fisheries construction and fish farming. During his 25 years in fisheries work he has carried out numerous consultancy projects with customers across the UK and Europe where he advises on all aspects of fisheries development and management. Having run numerous fisheries his understanding of practical fishery development means he can advise customers on realistic stocking plans along with sound technical knowledge.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/strange-boat. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest of this appointment is Todd Saunders, considered one of the best interpreters of pristine Northern arctic landscape. Founder and principal of Saunders Architecture, Bergen-based studio in Norway, he has been ranked one of the ‘5 Greatest Architects Under 50' by Huffington Post and 89 on the top-100 list of the best architects in the world. His architecture, mostly residential and cultural works, national park landmarks, minimal contemporaneous sculptural statements, touches respectfully the ground, dialoguing with magnificent natural settings, developing powerful intense interaction between site and people. Widely internationally published, with two dedicated monographs, his realisations have been recognized by prestigious awards, as the Nomination for the Mies van der Rohe prize for best contemporary European Architecture, Architectural Review Award for Emerging Architects, Winner of Building of the Year for Archdaily.We start our conversation from a kind of nomadic life that has characterised his undergrad and postgrad university's years and the curious coincidence that brought him, animated by a restless desire for travelling and doing experiences in new places, to live and work in a city in Northern Norway with a lot of affinities with his hometown, in Canada. An aspect of particular interest is represented by his early obstinate and resolute ambition to realize an architecture he believed in that led him to several unexpected, exciting opportunities: the spectacular, impressive long wooden Aurland Lookout, hovering 650m, above the scenic Norwegian fjords, named one of the new 7 architectural wonders of the world and his involvement in the important charitable art program envisioned in support of Fogo, a small Island off the Northeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. We focus on the noble mission intending to help the declining economy of the poor local fishermen community, offering economic and cultural resilience and on his several interventions scattered along the island, artists' studios, cabins, lookout points, based upon the inherent cultural and physical assets of the place. We deepen in particularFogo Inn, rated best hotel in Canada for four years, and the third best in the world, that well embodies his concept of authenticity in architecture. Always remaining within a meaningful, philanthropic-based architecture's framework, Saunders anticipates the fantastic project in progress in Fedje, Norway, an island the same size as Central Park: a wide plan that promises a series of interventions, including a hotel to preserve another small community of 540 people in danger of disappearance. As conclusion we touch the challenging relation between architecture and natural landscape, analysing the topic through the respectful language of a series of retreat homes built in another remarkable, superb environment at the foothills of Canada's Rocky Mountain.

Episode 54 of The Ambient Vault podcast features special guest Julia Gjertsen.  Julia is a composer and musician based in Oslo, Norway. She early found ways to express herself through music, strongly inspired by the arctic nature in Northern Norway and triggered by particular life events. Her debut EPSlow Motion Stories was released in 2012 and her style has since been evolving with thoughtfully arranged compositions and sound images. Julia's full-length album Fragile (2019) was released on Moderna Records and reflects the time between the experienced and learned past, giving a fragile definition to her surroundings through piano compositions. She has been involved in several collaborative releases, such as Distant Fields (2020) and 'Paisajes Imaginario' (2022) with Nico Rosenberg. On her newest album 'Formations', which came out this year, she brings in flutes, synths and textured ambience to her piano work and explores dynamics in her own unique style.This episode features four tracks that Julia has been so generous to share with us here on The Ambient Vault.  1. Innsjøer (with Nico Rosenberg), released in 2020.2. Untuned, (2017), not released.3. Drifts (with Nico Rosenberg), released in 2022.4. Escapism, released in 2012Many thanks to Julia Gjertsen for being on the podcast and as always thanks for listening! Check the links below to follow Julia and support her fabulous work.https://www.juliagjertsen.com/info https://juliagjertsen.bandcamp.com/https://soundcloud.com/juliagjertsenhttps://www.instagram.com/julia.gjertsen/If you enjoy the podcast, you can help support future episodes by subscribing to the podcast and leaving a review, following Brian on Instagram @heldbymachines, and subscribing to his YouTube channel.  You can also check out the Instagram page Brian curates for his late grandfather, gospel pianist James Miller (@jamesmillergospelpianist), and hear the first release from of his recently discovered archive on Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you stream your music.James Miller-  YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL24HQdYj8zayQG2CMqfkbqzk7BFnT2jkeJames Miller - Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/album/0TeId89JnzYPIsk3YefqaN?si=Jg92Br5qTyK4HAmi1CGsyAEmail: brianeverettmiller@yahoo.com.  Brian on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/heldbymachines/Brian on Youtube:https://youtube.com/channel/UCSAWKkRtE8tVTvD1r202tRw

Sigurd Hole has been a vital part of the Norwegian music scene for the past decade, both as part of different jazz ensembles and through his work related to Norwegian folk music. In February 2020 came the monumental "Lys / Mørke".  A solo bass double album recorded on the arctic islands of Fleinvær in Northern Norway, "Lys / Mørke" can in many ways be seen as a response to the climate and ecological crisis, focusing in large on the conscious act of listening to the natural world. The album was premiered in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on February 3rd, 2020, and received worldwide critical acclaim. 2022 sees the release of a new album called "Roraima", out February 18th. "Roraima" was commissioned by Oslo World for the festival in 2020, and reflects themes such as solidarity and ecological vulnerability and draws inspiration from the creation myth of the Yanomami people and the sound of the Amazon rainforest. The ensemble features Trygve Seim, Frode Haltli, Helga Myhr, Tanja Orning, Håkon Aase, Per Oddvar Johansen, and Sigurd Hole, and the music also includes field recordings of the Amazon biophony by US soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause. Besides his own projects Hole is known for his work with ensembles and musicians like Tord Gustavsen trio, Eple Trio, Karl Seglem acoustic quartet, Helge Lien, Bugge Wesseltoft, Eli Storbekken, Nils Økland, Terje Isungset, Frode Haltli and Trygve Seim. In this episode, Sigurd shares his background, education, and musical journey. If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, ect. Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

It's a solo episode this week as I share reflections on a recent trip to the Arctic!  It's my second trip to Northern Norway but this time in mid-winter, when the landscape is covered in ice and snow.  It's just as raw and rugged and awe-inducing as summer, but perhaps a bit more magical in the frosty glow.While there, I visited a Sami reindeer camp, where we could interact with the animals and learn about the Sami culture.  It's quite the thing when you're in the same room with an indigenous person explaining his/her culture and sharing it with such authenticity, joy and yes, contentment.  Because when you rely on the land and Mother Nature for survival, when you exist as one with your environment, only taking what you need, it instills a deep sense of calm, peace and trust.For me, I took away this reminder of channelling more contentment in life - be grateful for what you have and let go of the attachment to wanting more.  Because if everyone stopped feeling separate and behaved as part of a (global) collective, then maybe there would be no more wars?

Your hosts embark on a journey to Northern Norway to meet an expert on none other than the Tigray region of Ethiopia, Teklehaymanot Weldemichel. Though a more somber subject than what we usually touch on, the war on Tigray deserves much more attention and international action. Teklehaymanot describes to us the atrocities witnessed around Tigray, from inhumane war crimes to the burning of entire villages. We discuss the recent history of the region, Tigray's position within Ethiopia, and the events leading up to the war. Teklehaymanot himself is a victim of this war, even if he resides away from it, as much of his family and friends must endure and survive in a region without internet or telecommunication.   Although we could have talked for hours more on the subject, our conversation touches on a wide variety of questions related to Tigray and the war such as why the international community has failed, discourses in Western and Ethiopian media surrounding the Tigrayans, as well as the fact that the events of the last two years do in fact cover all of the criteria for there being a Genocide in Tigray. Teklehaymanot's own published work argues that the ongoing, devastating, famine is a product of human design by the belligerents of this war.   We ask that comments to this episode remain kind-hearted and human as they always are, and thank Teklehaymanot for his courage in telling his story and that of his compatriots abroad.   You can find Teklehaymanot on Twitter - @TeklehaymanotG   Let us know your thoughts at risingwiththetide@gmail.com as well as what you'd like us to talk about next!   Links to all streaming platforms and socials: linktr.ee/risingwiththetide   Or head to our website! www.risingwiththetide.org   Song for the episode: "Lomi Ayney Berhe" by Eyasu Berhe

Denver's Our Mutual Friend (https://www.buyomfbeer.com) might be better known in brewing circles for their commitment to mixed-culture beers, but ask head brewer Jan Chodkowski, and he'll admit to being a hophead. It's no surprise, then, that the case of “palmares” on the brewery wall showcasing their GABF, World Beer Cup, and Craft Beer & Brewing awards is evenly split between funky farmhouse takes such as Saison Trystero and hoppy beers such as Inner Light, their Australian-style pale ale. However, their interest in experimentation doesn't end there, and they've found an enduring customer base that goes along for the ride as they regularly play in polarizing styles such as smoked beer. 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Introducing Ep79Episode 79 is a round of up the latest cruise news… and what a week it has been in the cruise industry!Support the showListen, Like, Subscribe & Review on your favourite podcast directory.Share the podcast with someone you think will enjoy the showVote for the Podcast in the “Listeners Choice” category of the Australian Podcast Awards: https://australianpodcastawards.com/voteBuy Me A Coffee – This podcast is only possible thanks to our supporters, simply buying a coffee keeps us on air. It is just like shouting your mate a coffee, and we consider our listeners close mates. https://bit.ly/2T2FYGXSustainable Fashion – choose a TBCP design or design your own… all using organic cotton, green energy and zero plastic https://bit.ly/32G7RdhSupport Chris in his walk from Cape to Cape: All donations support zero2hero empowering young people to deal with mental health.  https://donate.mycause.com.au/cause/263123?donateToMember=156839Listener Question / Maritime History Louise asks “Why was cruising so popular in the US but took so much longer to grow in popularity around the world?Cruise NewsPrincess cancels 2022 World CruisePrincess Cruises this morning advised of the cancellation of three Coral Princess sailings for next year, including the 107-night Round World Cruise scheduled to depart from ports in Australia and New Zealand in May. The company is also cancelling its 28-night Round Australia voyage in Mar, and the 35-night Hawai'i, Tahiti and South Pacific cruise ex Sydney in Apr.Princess Cruises Announces “The Love Boat” Themed Cruise“Love … exciting and new…come aboard … we're expecting you.” A special themed “Love Boat” cruise is setting a course for adventure onboard Majestic Princess with the original ensemble cast, who will celebrate their friend and everyone's favourite cruise ship Captain Stubing with a tribute to Actor Gavin MacLeod. This seven-day cruise sails roundtrip from the Port of Los Angeles (San Pedro) to the Mexican Riviera, February 26-March 5, 2022.Hosted by Princess Cruises Celebrations Ambassador Jill Whelan (Vicki Stubing), who will be joined by fellow “Love Boat” cast members Cynthia Lauren Tewes (Julie McCoy), Bernie Kopell (Doc), Fred Grandy (Gopher) and Ted Lange (Isaac). Together, they will share their favourite memories from the show, participate in various guest activities and celebrate the late Gavin MacLeod, who served as brand ambassador for Princess Cruises for more than 35 years until his passing in May 2021, at the age of 90.The voyage will be underway on MacLeod's birthday – February 28 – and sails on the cruise line's signature Mexican Riviera itinerary that was prominently featured during the TV show's 10-year-run from 1977-1986, where Princess cruise ships served as the ocean-going co-star of the series. Guests will enjoy port visits to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas. “Love Boat” themed cruise activities include:Festive sail away party including the popular 1970s-inspired Love Boat Disco Deck Party returns exclusively for a “command performance” during this themed cruise.Renewal of vows ceremony, hosted by Whelan and the cast on the top-deckQ&A with the cast, sharing favourite memories of the show and MacLeodBirthday celebration honouring MacLeod“Love Boat” episodes airing on Movies Under the Stars and in stateroomsLove Boat trivia with the Cruise DirectorCast photo opportunities“Love Boat” themed menus and specialty cocktailsThemed décor, photo backdrops and merchandisePrincess has been connected to “The Love Boat” beyond the setting of the show, reuniting the original cast members for two ship christenings – Dawn Princess (1997) and Regal Princess (2014), appearing on the cruise line's Rose Parade float and sailing on a throwback cruise in 2015 all celebrating the lines 50th anniversary. In May 2018, the six original cast members of “The Love Boat” and Princess Cruises received an honorary star plaque on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of their contributions to the history of television and support of the preservation of the Walk of Fame.Holland America Line's Rotterdam Kicks Off its Inaugural Season of Caribbean Cruising with Nov. 5 Departure from Fort LauderdaleHolland America Line's new Rotterdam departed, 5 Nov from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on its inaugural Caribbean cruise — a roundtrip five-day sailing that visits Bimini, Bahamas, and spends two days at Half Moon Cay, the cruise line's award-winning private Bahamian island. The ship arrived at Port Everglades 3 Nov. following its maiden transatlantic voyage that set sail from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 20 Oct.Rotterdam marks the second ship to return to Florida cruising and the Caribbean for Holland America Line since the industrywide pause began 20 months ago. During November, the ship will be joined at Port Everglades by Pinnacle Class sister-ship Nieuw Statendam and Eurodam, which also kick off their Caribbean seasons. Nieuw Amsterdam began Caribbean cruising from Fort Lauderdale 23 Oct.AIDA brings the festive magic on boardAIDAprima offers ice-skating fun and AIDAnova transforms into a winter wonderlandNew Year's Eve fireworks over the Atlantic or enjoying Christmas Eve in a cosy bar far away from stress – this and many more entertainment, culinary and wellness specials await guests on board the AIDA fleet for the upcoming holidays. In addition, guests can choose from a diverse selection of attractive destinations: Ten ships set course for the Orient, the Caribbean, the Canaries, the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.Christmas highlightsDuring Advent and Christmas, AIDAprima's Sports Deck is transformed into a festively decorated Christmas market with hearty mulled wine, candied apples and other culinary delights. The main attraction is the 200m² floating ice rink, which offers guests the opportunity to strap on their skates on the high seas. AIDAnova will come with a Winter Wonderland for its new launch from 14 December 2021: numerous oversized Christmas light installations are waiting to be marvelled at by guests young and old.On the two premiere voyages of AIDAnova from Hamburg from 14 to 19 and 19 to 22 December 2021, AIDA gourmet godmother Andrea Schirmaier-Huber will be on board. Guests will have the opportunity to create tasty biscuits and Christmas chocolates together with the well-known TV chef. The AIDA Show Ensemble will return on board AIDAnova and AIDAprima in time for the festive season. The singers and dancers will provide magical Christmas moments in the Theatrium. The excursion programme in the destinations served will also be festive – with Christmas-themed excursions through to visits to traditional Christmas markets wherever possible. From 16 December 2021, for example, AIDAnova guests will be able to explore the Christmas market in Kristiansand (Norway) individually or with the AIDA “Come ashore” tours, admiring the unique 3D light show at the cathedral.Culinary festive feastThis year, the traditional Christmas buffet will be joined by a special culinary feature in all buffet restaurants: entertaining live cooking. The 3-course menu, which is prepared right in front of the guests, starts with a seafood platter, followed by a braised ox cheek for the main course, and the crowning glory is a gingerbread slice designed by Andrea Schirmaier-Huber. In the speciality restaurant Brauhaus, a 3-course menu based around the delicious Christmas goose will be served for the first time on both Christmas Eve and 25 December. Oversized gingerbread houses created by the crew themselves already put guests in the right Christmas mood at the entrance to the restaurants. Sweet news at the end: Christmas pastries are already being distributed everywhere on all Sundays in Advent and at Christmas. The tempting treats are rounded off by three specially made Christmas ice creams.RCI 13th Seasainability Report Royal Caribbean Group announces its 13th Annual “Seasainability” report, providing a comprehensive update on the company's sustainability efforts. In particular, the 2020 report documents that the company has met or exceeded nearly all of its 2020 sustainability targets. Locally, Royal Caribbean Group has worked closely with WWF-Australia to help protect the critically endangered hawksbill turtle in the Asia-Pacific, through ‘Surrender Your Shell'. This program uses cutting-edge technology developed with Royal Caribbean Group's support to extract DNA from products to track the illegal trade of tortoiseshell.Other highlights from the report include:$8 million in support to WWF – developed the first-ever guidelines for shark and ray tourism, to help maintain the livelihood of these animals while allowing visitors to continue learning about them.Destination Stewardship – At our more than 500 destinations around the world, we partnered with local governments, tourism businesses, communities, and our guests to protect and care for the places we visit.Emissions reduction – Royal Caribbean Group achieved its carbon reduction target of 35% and has committed to further reduce emissions 25% by 2025.Circular economy – The company is working to achieve zero waste across the Royal Caribbean Group fleet.Sustainable sourcing – The company has a commitment to source 90% of wild-caught seafood and 75% of farmed seafood, served on Royal Caribbean Group ships from certified sustainable sources, a first for the cruise industry.The Apex of Change for Celebrity Cruises As the exquisite Celebrity Apex sailed into the setting sun from Port Everglades, the moment was made sweeter as the ship's Godmother, Reshma Saujani, the inspiring the founder of groundbreaking non-profit Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms and author of bestseller, “Brave, Not Perfect” joined Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Celebrity Cruises' President and CEO, and Richard Fain, Chairman of the Royal Caribbean Group and hundreds of guests including local dignitaries and media and influencers in an official naming ceremony of the stunning vessel.Saujani is a lifelong activist who surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress in 2010. Her viral TED Talk and international bestseller “Brave, Not Perfect” have sparked a worldwide conversation about how we're raising our girls and inspired countless women to fear less, fail more and live better.Since launching in the U.S. in 2012, Girls Who Code has reached 450,000 girls across the globe at nearly every stage of their educational journey. With a presence in the UK, U.S., India, and Canada the organization runs free programming for girls from ages 11-18, to inspire them to get excited about coding and computer science by providing learning opportunities, clear career pathways and a supportive sisterhood of peers and role models. In 2019, Girls Who Code was named the No.1 Non-Profit on Fast Company's The World's Most Innovative Companies list.Building on her work to empower women and girls, Reshma has most recently founded the Marshall Plan for Moms, a campaign to put women at the center of our nation's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. After witnessing the impact the pandemic had on working mothers, millions of whom were pushed out of the workforce to care for children and take on increased labor at home, she built a movement to champion public and private sector policies to support all moms. Her efforts have led lawmakers to introduce resolutions in support of the plan.Celebrity Apex‘s much-anticipated arrival to U.S ports is a landmark moment for the brand, as the vessel's launch was originally planned for March 2020. Following a short run of Greek Island sailings this past summer, the ship now embarks for the first time from U.S shores on rotating Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries, where guests will visit the picturesque islands of Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, Belize, Grand Caymans and more.DANZA DEL MARE A Symbol of the MSC Foundation's efforts to protect the SeaThe sublime sculpture Danza del Mare was created for the MSC Foundation in partnership with Venini, one of the world's most esteemed glassmakers in the world which this year celebrates its 100 Anniversary. As a work of art, the creation, symbolises MSC Foundation's dedication to protecting and promoting the natural environment of which we are a part and upon which we depend: our Blue Planet. The sculpture was designed by Monica Guggisberg and Philip Baldwin for MSC Seashore and is located in the MSC Foundation Centre, rising from deck 5 to deck 8, surrounded by a mirror wall that proliferates the light and colours emanating from it, lit by a spotlight located in its base.The design uses the magical, fluid medium of glass to express the fluidity of the seas and everything in them, animal, vegetable and mineral, coral, fish, seaweed and oxygen. The immense depth and expanse of the sea, covering 71% of our world's surface, is contained in the imagery of the sculpture, in its great height and the density of its contents, as if it were the sea itself in a soaring prism of charged and moving constituents. Partly an image of Earth's lungs, partly an image of Earth's nutrition and partly an image of simple beauty, it symbolises the sea's indispensable role in our and our planet's wellbeing. We are dependent upon it. It is not dependent upon us.Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' new flagship Bolette makes inaugural sailing from SouthamptonFred. Olsen Cruise Lines' new flagship Bolette is setting sail on her first venture from Southampton, marking the start of its inaugural season of sailing from the city.Between now and August 2022, Bolette will offer 26 hand-crafted sailings from Southampton, including opportunities to witness the Northern Lights in Norway and the Geminid Meteor Shower in the Canary Islands.The ship will set sail to Antwerp and Amsterdam on Bolette's five-night ‘Netherlands & Belgium City Break' this evening, with future destinations including the Amalfi Coast, Norwegian fjords, European cities and Iceland. Durations range from four to 19-nights.Highlights of Bolette's inaugural programme from Southampton include:Bolette's 14-night T2129 ‘Landscapes of the Canaries' cruise, departing from Southampton on 6 Dec 2021. Guests aboard will have the chance to witness the Geminid Meteor Shower during this cruise.Itinerary: Southampton, England – Las Palmas, Gran Canaria – Santa Cruz, La Palma – Santa Cruz, Tenerife – San Sebastian, La Gomera – Funchal, Madeira – Lisbon, Portugal – Southampton, EnglandBolette's seven-night T2210 ‘Norwegian Fjords & Mighty Waterfalls' cruise, departing from Southampton on 15 May 2022. Sail size-restricted Lysefjord on this sailing, only accessible to smaller ships, steeped by mountainous cliffs including the famous Pulpit Rock.Itinerary: Southampton, England – cruising Lysefjord, Norway – cruising Jøsenfjord, Norway – Eidfjord, Norway – cruise Hardangerfjord, Norway – cruising Maurangerfjord and Furebergfossen (to see Fureberg Waterfall), Norway – Olden, Norway – cruising Nordfjord, Norway – cruising by Hornelen, Norway – Haugesund, Norway – Southampton, EnglandBolette's 18-night T2213 ‘Discovering the Balkans' cruise, departing from Southampton on 14 Jun 2022. Visit cities of deep historical importance in shaping the Balkan's fascinating history, as well as lesser-known destinations off the beaten tourist trail.Itinerary: Southampton, England – Cartagena, Spain – cruising Strait of Messina, Italy – cruising Bay of Kotor, Montenegro – Kotor, Montenegro – Dubrovnik, Croatia – Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Split, Croatia – Durres, Albania – cruise Strait of Messina – Cagliari, Sardinia – Tangier, Morocco – Southampton, EnglandNew flagship Bolette set sail with Fred. Olsen for the first time in August 2021, following an extensive refurbishment project. Named after the great-great-Grandmother of company Chairman Fred. Olsen Junior, Bolette carries 1,338-guests at full capacity, and continues to offer the small ship experience, attention to detail and personal service for which Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is renownedAdventures by Disney Announces Expedition Cruises to the ArcticExpanded cruise destinations in 2023 offer families a unique way to explore the abundant wildlife and breathtaking landscapes of the Polar Regions and the Galápagos IslandsFamilies will journey through fjords and pass ice floes as they explore the spectacular landscapes and diverse wildlife of the Arctic on an all-new Adventures by Disney Expedition Cruise. With voyages beginning in 2023, guests will embark on an exciting adventure with a team of naturalists and Adventure Guides for an unforgettable adventure with the whole family. Select sailings add an extra bit of magic to the adventure with special guests, including former Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde who will lead sketching sessions on an upcoming Arctic Expedition Cruise.New Family Expedition Cruises to the ArcticWith the introduction of the Arctic Expedition Cruise, Adventures by Disney now offers family vacation experiences to both polar regions, each with its own distinctive landscape and wildlife. Scheduled for two departures in 2023 (June and July), the 10-day, nine-night, Arctic Expedition Cruises will sail on a charted adventure with PONANT, a leader in luxury polar expeditions. Former Imagineer Joe Rohde will join the July 2023 sailing and will delight guests with amazing tales from his Disney career and share his passion for nature and conservation. Rohde will also host fun sketching sessions for guests, even those with no artistic experience.Following a welcome dinner and overnight stay in Oslo, Norway, adventurers fly to Svalbard to board Le Boreal to explore Northern Norway and the Arctic. Unlike its polar opposite, the Arctic is home to permanent residents and has a fascinating history of human inhabitants. While in Longyearbyen, the largest town of Norway's Svalbard archipelago and the northernmost settlement on the planet with a permanent population of more than 1,000, guests will further explore this former mining town.Guests will view the breathtaking glaciers of this region's most beautiful fjord, Kongsfjorden and embark on daily boat excursions where they may see some of the region's unique wildlife including polar bears, reindeer, arctic foxes and walruses.Family Expedition Cruises to AntarcticaAdventures by Disney has added three departures for the 12-day, 11-night Antarctica and Patagonia Expedition Cruises which will sail with PONANT. The added itineraries will depart in December 2022 and early 2023.This adventure takes travelers to the southernmost tip of Argentine Patagonia, to visit the resort town of Ushuaia before boarding their vessel to travel through the Drake Passage. As the journey continues, guests will soak in the awe-inspiring landscapes of Antarctica, where each day brings a new adventure. Daily boat excursions and hikes along the continent's shorelines, provide the opportunity to catch glimpses of native wildlife like seabirds, penguins and seals in their natural habitat. With offshore activities defined by nature, every wildlife viewing will be unique to the sailing.Pre-cruise Experience in Buenos AiresTravelers booked on an Antarctica and Patagonia Expedition Cruise can add even more adventure with the Buenos Aires Escape. This four-day, three-night guided group experience will highlight must-see attractions as well as the hidden gems of Argentina's capital.  Guests will learn to dance the tango with a private demonstration, enjoy the countryside tradition of horseback riding while visiting a local estancia and experience the epicurean delights and cosmopolitan culture of Buenos Aires.Dream Cruises celebrates one-year milestone in Singapore with World Dream!Dream Cruises celebrates a new milestone this November with World Dream as the ship approaches its special first anniversary of cruise resumption in Singapore. Dream Cruises pioneered safe cruising in Singapore and since its inception on 6 Nov 2020, World Dream has welcomed close to 200,000 Singapore residents aboard with over 150 ‘Super Seacation' voyages to date. Bookings for World Dream continue to show a positive trend, as most sailings for the remaining months of 2021 are almost sold out, complemented by a strong momentum in the early months of 2022In conjunction with the upcoming year-end school holidays and the festive season, Dream Cruises is bringing an abundance of holiday cheer and spirit on World Dream with ‘A Nordic Christmas Adventure' special from 17 Nov2021 – 1 Jan 2022. Set sail with World Dream and enjoy the festive traditions of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland with your loved ones this holiday season. Explore the Christmas magic at sea on World Dream, including the specially created Nordic Village with a chance to meet Santa and other popular X' Mas characters, discover the famous Nordic baking and a variety of festive attractions at the Nordic Market, indulge in sumptuous roast turkey, lobsters, salmon and many more Scandinavian gourmet, as well as a wide array of Christmas arts and craft workshops and so much more.These various initiatives have led to a rise and expansion of markets, as more Singapore residents become receptive, well-informed and open to the idea and value of cruising. Cruise demand for World Dream in Singapore has been on the rise from younger travellers, including Millennials and Gen X-ers, as well as couples with no children or families with non-school-going young children. With a wider market demographic, guests on board spending on World Dream in Singapore have also increase by 37.5% in 2021 as compared to pre-pandemic in 2019Viking Announces New Expedition Voyages For Summer 2023Viking announced the summer 2023 season of its expedition voyages, including a new two-week itinerary in the Great Lakes—as well as additional offerings in North and South America. Debuting in June 2023, the new 15-day Great Lakes Collection itinerary will sail between Toronto and Duluth, providing guests with a complete view of the region and ports of call in all five Great Lakes. As a result of strong demand, Viking has also announced 2023 sailing dates for four existing Great Lakes expedition voyages: the 8-day Niagara & the Great Lakes, Great Lakes Explorer, and Undiscovered Great Lakes itineraries, as well as the 13-day Canadian Discovery itinerary.Three additional expedition voyages in North and South America will also debut in summer 2023. The new, 16-day Canada & the Atlantic Coastline itinerary will expand offerings along the St. Lawrence River and Atlantic coastline, featuring destinations that include Quebec City, Trois-Rivières, Norfolk, Charleston and more. Guests can discover the natural beauty of Patagonia while sailing from Santiago to Ushuaia on the new 14-day Patagonian Shores & Chilean Fjords itinerary, while guests looking to explore destinations in North, Central and South America, can choose the new 18-day itinerary Panama & Scenic South America.The new Polar Class Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris will host 378 guests in 189 staterooms. Designed by the same experienced nautical architects and engineers that designed Viking ocean ships, the ships are optimally sized and built for expeditions—small enough to navigate remote polar regions and the St. Lawrence River, while large enough to provide superior handling and stability in the roughest seas. The ships will feature public spaces that are familiar to Viking's ocean voyage guests but that have been reimagined for expeditions, as well as new public spaces created specifically for expeditions. Straight bows, longer hulls and state-of-the-art fin stabilizers will allow the ships to glide over the waves for the calmest possible journey; ice-strengthened Polar Class hulls will provide the safest way to explore; and U-tank stabilizers will significantly decrease rolling by up to 50 percent when the ships are stationary. Viking's expedition ships will feature modern Scandinavian design with elegant touches, intimate spaces and attention to detail.And moreEthical Cruise T-Shirts Now available branded podcast t-shirts, cruise-tees and Christmas gifts or design your own in the studio. 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Episode 19. We chat with Oleks, a Ukrainian who moved to Norway in 2018. Oleks is a software programmer who has also lived in Spain. He is an avid cyclist and we chat about a two week cycling trip he took in northern Norway. We discuss working in Norway and end with a list of our favorite "non-Oslo" pubs, restaurants, and views. Here's one for the many great places and businesses all around the country. Topics: Belgian beers, Oslo nature, software development jobs, the Norwegian workplace, expat meetups, Northern Norway, Svalbard

We invited Astrid Fadnes – architect and writer, and Joar Nango – Sámi architect and artist. We questioned the relationship between architecture and the Sápmi land as well as the environment as a whole, by examining the tourism infrastructure project Arctic Center in Northern Norway. We then discussed the impact of Statsbygg, the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property, and its ignorance of Sámi culture and local residents in general. As architecture is both a gesture of erasure and creation, we need to understand the context in which we build in order not to perpetuate environmental injustice. This conversation was moderated by Safe Space Collective members Paul-Antoine Lucas and Armelle Breuil, and recorded on May 26, 2021.

Rebekka Karijord is a composer and musician originally from Sandnessjøen, just south of the arctic circle in Northern Norway. Over the course of her career she has composed music for over 30 films, modern dance performances and theatrical pieces, as well as released six solo albums under her own name. Jon Ekstrand is a Swedish film Composer with a electronic music background and began his career as a sound engineer/ sound designer. This episode is sponsored by Dorico by Steinberg, the future of scoring. Visit www.steinberg.net/tpc for a free 30-day trial version. Join The Portfolio Composer community and support the creation of the platform on Patreon. Just $1/month to enable the creation of more great content to help you build your career!   Composers Rebekka Karijord and Jon Ekstrand discuss collaborating on the film I am Greta, how the product is THE THING, and why empathy is important. Topics Covered: Jon & Rebekkah's portfolios Being picked by others Specialization Collaboration Ego Being honest Empathy The product is THE THING The Venice Film Festival I am Greta Website: www.ebekkakarijord.com www.jonekstrand.com Help composers find the podcast by giving The Portfolio Composer a review on iTunes!   This episode was edited by Studio184.

 This week  Mathias and Daniel are sitting down with Helena Hals, perhaps better known by her internet moniker Viking Helena. Helena is a historian and author known for her hands-on approach to exploring Iron Age Norway. Together with the boys she'll be discussing the history of the Sámi tribes in Northern Norway, which is a subject we have not really touched on before in the show, but are really excited to get into. Will the topic be fascinating enough to finally make Dan listen to an episode of the show? Well, it's complicated.If you would like to get your hands on Helena's book about how an Iron Age village actually functioned you can find it at: Vikingsofthenorth.com/storeRumor has it she might even put out a discount for listeners of our podcast, so keep an eye out for that!You can also find us on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/nordicmythologypodcastAnd if you like what we do, and would like to be in the audience for live streams of new episodes to ask questions please consider supporting us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/NordicMythologyPodcastIf you would like to join our bi-weekly watch-alongs where Mathias and Daniel watch and commentate along with the popular series Vikings, or get access to our special Storytime episodes covering the saga literature, then all you have to do is join our Patron. Seriously, we would love to have you, the more the merrier!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NordicMythologyPodcast)

What are polar day and polar night? Well, imagine you arrive in the small town in Northern Norway. The first thing you notice in your hotel room is thick black curtains. From the end of May to the end of July is like one endless day. Locals might be used to this extreme lifestyle but for visitors, it can be quite disorienting. Like having jet lag that just won't go away. During endless summer days, you don't have to adhere to your usual daily routine. It's always light, and you need to accept this. Wake up at 2 a.m? Great, go for a jog! If you want to sleep after lunch, go to bed and don't worry about it. Thanks to the endless sun, you're charged with energy, so all the people here are happy and active. They take advantage of these eternal days because when winter comes, so do the endless nights… So why does this happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 60 Dark Starts backcountry splitboarding podcast presents Krister Kopala from Tromsø in Northern Norway. Started riding on a Burton Chopper at the age of four now has twenty- six years of experience snowboarding. Six years ago he started focusing on exploring the backcountry by splitboarding and mountaineering. Krister has been featured in multiple films in the last 10 years such as Endless Winter and he is always updating his instagram with videos of his adventures. In Tromsø they are heavily focused on staying fit and exploring the backcountry. During the summer Krister works as a lineman and like many others in his town, works out in preparation for the winter months to come. Living in a culture that thrives on adventure means that Krister never stops pushing the limits. Listen in and hear more about his experiences in the backcountry and how his search for the perfect hard boot has gone. Show links: https://www.instagram.com/kriskopa/ https://www.furbergsnowboards.com/ https://www.instagram.com/furbergsnowboards/ https://www.instagram.com/vertical_playground/ https://www.instagram.com/blueiceclimbing/ https://www.instagram.com/julbo_eyewear/ https://www.instagram.com/g3gear/ https://www.instagram.com/rab.equipment/ Special thanks to: Visit our website for great deals from our sponsors: www.darkstarts.ca/partners Groundswell Marketing www.instagram.com/groundswell_fm/ Valerie Black The Artist Behind The Logo www.instagram.com/valerieblack.art/ Follow us: www.darkstarts.ca @ Darkstarts.podcast https://www.instagram.com/darkstarts.podcast/ @ Darkstarts.media https://www.instagram.com/darkstarts.media/

Life in Norway Show Episode #52: We take a look at the exciting plans for a year of cultural events in Bodø in 2024. Today on the Life in Norway Show I'm joined by Henrik Sand Dagfinrud, the program director for Bodø's year as European Capital of Culture. We talk about the bid process, what the plans are for 2024, and what Henrik hopes the legacy of the year will be for Bodø, Nordland and Northern Norway in general. Full Show Notes: https://www.lifeinnorway.net/bodo-capital-of-culture/

Radyo Bienal'in bu ilk programında 17. İstanbul Bienali'nin küratörleri Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar ve David Teh, Çiğdem Öztürk ile bir mecra ve medyum olarak radyo üzerine söyleşiyor. Ardından, Sevinç Çalhanoğlu'nun "günbatımı iyi bir başlangıç" başlıklı şiirini, şairin kendi sesinden dinliyor; Ursula Biemann'ın 2018 tarihli "Akustik Okyanus" isimli video ve ses işinin eşliğinde, deniz hayatının sonik ekolojisini keşfe çıkıyoruz. "Oda Projesi," dinleyicileri ev içi emeğin ve radyo dalgalarının görünmezliği arasında bir bağlantı kurmaya davet ediyor. Sevgi Soysal'ın "Venüslü Kadınların Serüvenleri" adlı eseri de, radyo okuması olarak dinleyiciyle buluşuyor. (ENG) - In this first programme of the Radio Biennial, the curatorial team of the 17th Istanbul Biennial, Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar and David Teh, talks with Çiğdem Öztürk about radio as a venue and medium. The video and sound intervention titled 'Acoustic Ocean', produced by Ursula Biemann in 2018, invites us to explore the sonic ecology of marine life in Northern Norway's Lofoten Islands.

Terje Koloamatangi is of Tongan and Norwegian Sami ancestry. Born in Nuku’alofa Tongatapu with family ties to Kolovai, Pangaimotu Vava’u and Åmøy, in Northern Norway.  He is an artist and professional tattooist. The focus of his work is the revival of customary Tongan Tātatau.  His passion for Tātatau has fuelled his ongoing research into the history of Tongan Tattooing, which in turn has informed a significant portion of his art practice. Terje owns and operates Small Axe Studio, an art space and tattoo studio in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The different species of Galapagos finches, with their specially evolved beaks that allow them to eat specific foods, helped Charles Darwin understand that organisms can evolve over time to better survive in their environment. Now, nearly 200 years later and thousands of miles away, biologists are learning some surprising lessons about evolution from northern Norwegian populations of the humble house sparrow (Passer domesticus).Darwin's finches evolved on the exotic, volcanic Galapagos Islands. NTNU's house sparrows are dispersed over a group of 18 islands in Helgeland, in an archipelago that straddles the Arctic Circle.Every summer since 1993, when NTNU Professor Bernt-Erik Sæther initiated the House Sparrow Project, a group of biologists has travelled to the islands collect data on the sparrows. They capture baby birds, measure different parts of their bodies, take a tiny blood sample, and then put a unique combination of coloured rings on their legs that help researchers identify the birds throughout their lifetime.Those decades of research have given researchers information that can be helpful in managing threatened and endangered species. They have also done some experiments where they made evolution happen in real time — and then watched what happened when they let nature run its course.And then there was the series of experiments where they learned more than you might want to know about sparrow dating preferences, and about rogue sparrow fathers who court exhausted sparrow mothers — and then fathered children with the cute little she-bird next door. Our guests for today's show were Henrik Jensen, Thor Harald Ringsby and Stefanie Muff. You can find a transcript of the show here. Selected academic and popular science articles: From NTNU's online research magazine, Norwegian SciTech News:Why aren't house sparrows as big as geese?Inbreeding detrimental for survivalWhy house sparrows lay big and small eggs On DarwinDarwin, Charles (1859) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: J. Murray. Weiner, J. (2014). The beak of the finch: A story of evolution in our time. Random House.Sulloway, F. J. (1982). Darwin and his finches: The evolution of a legend. Journal of the History of Biology, 15, 1-53. Sulloway, F. J. (1982). Darwin's conversion: the Beagle voyage and its aftermath. Journal of the History of Biology, 15, 325-396. Academic articles from the House Sparrow Project:Araya-Ajoy, Yimen; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Kvalnes, Thomas; Rønning, Bernt; Holand, Håkon; Myhre, Ane Marlene; Pärn, Henrik; Jensen, Henrik; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Wright, Jonathan. (2019) Characterizing morphological (co)variation using structural equation models: Body size, allometric relationships and evolvability in a house sparrow metapopulation. Evolution. vol. 73 (3).Kvalnes, Thomas; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Rønning, Bernt; Pärn, Henrik; Holand, Håkon; Engen, Steinar; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2017) Reversal of response to artificial selection on body size in a wild passerine bird. Evolution. vol. 71 (8).Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Pärn, Henrik; Kvalnes, Thomas; Boner, Winnie; Gillespie, Robert; Holand, Håkon; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Rønning, Bernt; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Monaghan, Pat. (2015) On being the right size: Increased body size is associated with reduced telomere length under natural conditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. vol. 282 (1820).Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Skjelseth, Sigrun; Pärn, Henrik; Herfindal, Ivar; Borg Pedersen, Åsa Alexandra; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Kvalnes, Thomas; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Jensen, Henrik. (2017) Demographic influences of translocated individuals on a resident population of house sparrows. Oikos. vol. 126 (10).Jensen, Henrik; Steinsland, Ingelin; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2006) Indirect selection as a constraint on the evolution of sexual ornaments and other morphological traits in the House Sparrow. Journal of Ornithology = Journal fur Ornithologie. vol. 147.Jensen, Henrik; Svorkmo-Lundberg, Torkild; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2006) Environmental influence and cohort effects in a sexual ornament in the house sparrow, Passer domesticus. Oikos. vol. 114.Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Jensen, Henrik; Engen, Steinar. (2006) Demographic characteristics of extinction in a small, insular population of house sparrows in Northern Norway. Conservation Biology. vol. 20.Skjelseth, Sigrun; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Tufto, Jarle; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2006) Dispersal patterns within a meta-population of House Sparrows after an introduction experiment. Journal of Ornithology = Journal fur Ornithologie. vol. 147.Hoset, Katrine S.; Espmark, Yngve; Fossøy, Frode; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Jensen, Henrik; Wedege, Morten I; Moksnes, Arne. (2014) Extra-pair paternity in relation to regional and local climate in an Arctic-breeding passerine. Polar Biology. vol. 37 (1).Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Skjelseth, Sigrun; Pärn, Henrik; Herfindal, Ivar; Borg Pedersen, Åsa Alexandra; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Kvalnes, Thomas; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Jensen, Henrik. (2017) Demographic influences of translocated individuals on a resident population of house sparrows. Oikos. vol. 126 (10).Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Lien, Sigbjørn; Billing, Anna Maria; Elgvin, Tore Oldeide; Trier, Cassandra Nicole; Niskanen, Alina Katariina; Tarka, Maja; Slate, Jon; Sætre, Glenn-Peter; Jensen, Henrik. (2020) A genome-wide linkage map for the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) provides insights into the evolutionary history of the avian genome. Molecular Ecology Resources. vol. 20 (2).Holand, Håkon; Jensen, Henrik; Kvalnes, Thomas; Tufto, Jarle; Pärn, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Ringsby, Thor Harald. (2019) Parasite prevalence increases with temperature in an avian metapopulation in northern Norway. Parasitology. vol. 146 (8).Kvalnes, Thomas; Røberg, Anja Ås; Jensen, Henrik; Holand, Håkon; Pärn, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Ringsby, Thor Harald. (2018) Offspring fitness and the optimal propagule size in a fluctuating environment. Journal of Avian Biology. vol. 49 (7).Lundregan, Sarah; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Gohli, Jostein; Niskanen, Alina Katariina; Kemppainen, Petri; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Kvalnes, Thomas; Pärn, Henrik; Rønning, Bernt; Holand, Håkon; Ranke, Peter Sjolte; Båtnes, Anna Solvang; Selvik, Linn-Karina M.; Lien, Sigbjørn; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Husby, Arild; Jensen, Henrik. (2018) Inferences of genetic architecture of bill morphology in house sparrow using a high-density SNP array point to a polygenic basis. Molecular Ecology. vol. 27 (17).Silva, Catarina; McFarlane, S. Eryn; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Rönnegård, Lars; Billing, Anna Maria; Kvalnes, Thomas; Kemppainen, Petri; Rønning, Bernt; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Qvarnström, Anna; Ellegren, Hans; Jensen, Henrik; Husby, Arild. (2017) Insights into the genetic architecture of morphological and sexually selected traits in two passerine bird species. Heredity. vol. 119 (3).Stubberud, Marlene Wæge; Myhre, Ane Marlene; Holand, Håkon; Kvalnes, Thomas; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Jensen, Henrik. (2017) Sensitivity analysis of effective population size to demographic parameters in house sparrow populations. Molecular Ecology. vol. 26 (9).Holand, Håkon; Kvalnes, Thomas; Gamelon, Marlène; Tufto, Jarle; Jensen, Henrik; Pärn, Henrik; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Sæther, Bernt-Erik. (2016) Spatial variation in senescence rates in a bird metapopulation. Oecologia. vol. 181 (3).Rønning, Bernt; Broggi, Juli; Bech, Claus; Moe, Børge; Ringsby, Thor Harald; Pärn, Henrik; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Jensen, Henrik; Grindstaff, Jennifer. (2016) Is basal metabolic rate associated with recruit production and survival in free-living house sparrows?. Functional Ecology. vol. 30 (7).Holand, Håkon; Jensen, Henrik; Tufto, Jarle; Pärn, Henrik; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Ringsby, Thor Harald. (2015) Endoparasite infection has both short- and long-term negative effects on reproductive success of female house sparrows, as revealed by faecal parasitic egg counts. PLOS ONE. vol. 10 (5).Ringsby, Thor Harald; Jensen, Henrik; Pärn, Henrik; Kvalnes, Thomas; Boner, Winnie; Gillespie, Robert; Holand, Håkon; Hagen, Ingerid Julie; Rønning, Bernt; Sæther, Bernt-Erik; Monaghan, Pat. (2015) On being the right size: Increased body size is associated with reduced telomere length under natural conditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. vol. 282 (1820). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BGBS 050: Cory Bayers | Patagonia | Success Looks More Like Activists If there are two things Cory Bayers does exceptionally well, it's buying a lot of sushi and having a big heart. As the Vice President of Global Marketing at Patagonia, Cory leads storytelling for the higher purpose of saving our home planet. Cory's humble disposition, fervor to learn, and respect for the standard Patagonia is held to as an environmental leader makes it all too easy to rally behind his success. His passion for growth propels him to leap towards risk and adapt to the moment (including that time on the chandelier in Austria), and we can't help but want to do the same. For our special 50th episode, good friend Mike Arzt introduces Cory and provides fun insight and perspective to his journey. This episode will warm your heart, make you laugh, and inspire your inner activist. You truly can have it all at Baby Got Backstory. As accomplished as Cory is, he stresses that over time, the marketing campaigns won't be what he remembers most, it will be the people. With that, we wonder, what can we all do to focus more on our relationships right now? In this episode, you'll learn... Cory advocates that Patagonia's value-based mindset and excitement for advocacy is just as real as it seems and courses through all of its employees When Cory asked Yvon Chouinard what success looks like for Patagonia's future, he responded that they might be smaller. That was the perfect answer to Cory because it proved that the company cared more about impact than metrics. The most difficult part of marketing for Patagonia is that their audience holds them to a high standard. Although it is scary to be called out when something isn't perfect, Cory encourages the community to continue because it pushes them to be better. Always the adventurer, Cory moved with his family to many places for work, including Norway, California, Seattle, Vancouver, and more. Cory valued the decentralized marketing model that Lululemon took on, which tolerated risk and allowed for a freely creative environment. When Cory joined Patagonia, he felt like he was coming home. He found himself full circle working for one of the first brands he ever fell in love with. Instead of worrying about what's next, Cory prefers to stay in the present and focus on the relationships he's made over time. Cory overshot the sushi order by 120 feet. You'll get it when you listen. Even as an experienced leader, Cory still feels a sense of uncertainty and risk when putting out something new as a marketer, and he considers it a good feeling For the next generation of creatives: Don't chase perfection or let your ego rule you when you're figuring life out. There will always be great moments and hard moments, so dive in and be okay with how things turn out. Resources Website: patagonia.com Instagram: @patagonia Facebook: @PATAGONIA Twitter: @patagonia LinkedIn: Patagonia Quotes [7:54] The conversations are real. It's values-based, it's on a mission, and it's a serious mission. And it's not just, "Hey, let's put a mission up there but we're really out to sell a product." No, it's not like that at all. We truly are in business to save our home planet. [22:37] I fell in love with the business of sport or that interaction, or that blurring of the lines really, between fun, passion, and sport and work.  [30:41] Heck, I'm still a student. I'm still learning every day. And I love that aspect of it. [44:11] I enjoy that aspect of being able to help coach and impart some of my knowledge on the next generation of marketers and creatives and people that are going to change the industry way more and change the world way more than I have or will. Podcast Transcript Cory Bayers 0:02 I don't know how it evolved. We were standing somewhere and there's one of the rooms and there's no furniture is just literally the castle. And it was a massive room with this ceiling that seemed to go on forever and hanging down was this crazy big chandelier like one of those you see in the movies like it looked about 810 feet in diameter just hanging there but like wood and it had candles, it wasn't like electric or anything. We can handle one. And I was like, Am I as a kid you always see movies like people swinging across those things. So I thought, hmm, Now's my moment to shine. And I care what I was standing on. I just jumped off of it, and landed on the chandelier and Swan across the room. Marc Gutman 0:54 from Boulder, Colorado. This is the Baby Got Back story Podcast, where we dive into the story behind the story of today's most inspiring storytellers, creators and entrepreneurs. I like big back stories and I cannot lie. I am your host, Marc Gutman. Mike Arzt 1:14 Mike Arzt here super honored to be introducing Cory bayers for the 50th episode, Baby got backstory. I've got a long, long history with Cory. And I can honestly sit here today knowing I'd be on a much different paths if I hadn't been lucky enough to get to work work with Cory through a couple different companies he's been at. So for me, as I as I thought about our journey, I realized how much that I was at a kind of a pivotal point of my career in life. I was freelancing, but we hadn't started our agency yet. We were starting a family but didn't have a family yet. Like it was this is this big moment in my life of I think stepping into a whole new level of growing up building a business building a family when I cross paths with Cory. And so as I look back on that I feel like it was the stars aligned to have a mentor a client and a friend like Cory taught me so much that I still think is a big part of the foundation of what we do today. So I first met Cory when we got hired, actually, I got hired to be the snowboard team manager for Helly Hansen. Cory at that time was working for Helly in the Seattle office, heading up marketing. He got the opportunity to move over to Oslo, for Helly Hansen, moved his family over there. They had their third child while in Norway. And we were constantly going back and forth. And not only getting to, you know, go over there and work with them. But a watched him raise his family in a foreign country. And I should say, well, Cory was working in the US he was the Canadian, so he was already an expat. So it was really, really amazing time. And what I learned from Cory was that he was super calculated and organized, when it came to budgets and expectations and just just real clear vision of where the marketing of Helly Hansen was going. And I think sometimes that stifles creativity, but when you have someone who has creative vision, and formulaic execution, with budgets, that's I think what is so hard to find these days, we work with a lot of different clients and you know, some very wild style and you go out and get stuff done. But it's it's rare. When you find someone that sort of puts that whole package together and has a ton of fun doing it, rallies the teams around them. People are excited to go work extra hard. And then Cory has also got the other side that you kind of got to watch out for that might not come out till later night. But let's just say that a Cory's liver was built and designed in Canada. And it's a powerful machine that you should just know what you're getting into. We've seen we've seen some weaker folk not not survive. So yeah, just this great, great journey, learning from Cory, him really giving us an ability to expand the work we did with Helly , which was at the time we were launching the Public Works our agency, it all fell into place. And I can sit here probably 15 years later knowing that it was a huge chapter of my life with so much fun and education and I owe a ton of that to Cory. So it was cool to see him make the decision. Eventually to leave Helly Hansen go to Lulu lemon, which was a move back to Canada. You know, Lulu time was you know, I think a brand that so many people are envious of watching seemed like They were just on top of the world. And Cory Cory had a great gig there. And his family was back in Canada. He was closer to solid quality hockey, which I know is a big part of his family's being. And then he got this opportunity to go work with Patagonia and head up their marketing, which I think for any of us who love the outdoor industry, or the outdoors, or companies that take a stand and do really hard things, I mean, Patagonia is at the, at the pinnacle. So now Cory sits in this position of, I mean, he's, he's in a position now this is going to change the world. You know, what he does, what that company does, what his team can do. It's profound change, so couldn't be more proud of him and thankful for the time that we got together. Marc Gutman 5:56 So I'm here with Cory Bayers the Vice President of global marketing at Patagonia and Cory, what does a vice president of global marketing at Patagonia do? Cory Bayers 6:06 That sounds pretty official. Wow, I'm all grown up. Marc Gutman 6:11 It's about time. Right? Cory Bayers 6:12 Exactly. My mom always want me to grow up someday. Um, well, it's very official title. Basically, I have the great fortune of leading an amazing group of people at Patagonia in Ventura, California, and in our offices around the world. Communicating with the brands up we tell stories, you know, I work with, you know, creative teams, marketing teams, strategy teams, operational teams, you know, lead books and film, basically all all the brand communication, non non non graphic on product, but any other PR, communications, branding, marketing, advertising comes comes out of my team and I work super collaboratively with people in Ventura, the business units, with, you know, marketers and market. So there's a lot a lot of great collaboration. Yes, that's kind of what I do. I tell stories about a pretty amazing brand. Marc Gutman 7:10 Right? I mean, that sounds like the job I want when I grow up. So you got it, you got a pretty good, so I'm gonna hop right into it. Like, what's awesome about working at Patagonia? Like why, you know, why do you love it? And what's so great about it? Cory Bayers 7:27 Ah, I think I said to someone the other day, someone asked me, they said, What? Well, you know, is Patagonia's as real as it seems like his value base like, is it? Is there any bullshit there? Like what goes on? and sincerely Do you see, it's real, I mean, from, you know, right through the organization, from the Chouinard family, all the way through our board and our teams. The conversations are real, its values-based, you know, it's very, it's on a mission, and it's a serious mission. And it's not just, you know, hey, let's put a mission up there. But we're really out to sell product, it's no, it's not like that at all, you know, we truly are in business to save our home planet. And that's I've never been at a place anywhere with such conviction of mission and such a discipline of staying on task, you know, I mean, evolve and the family have, you know, charted waters over the last decades that it's just been consistent. You know, they've learned they've been transparent. They figured stuff out, they've LED, they've done everything. So it's really, that's the best part about working here. conversations are still as hard as they'd be at any other brand. And the work is as hard as it is at any other brand. But the purpose of the mission is real. And that's, that's what gets me up every day. So that's cool. Marc Gutman 8:55 Yeah. And, you know, at least for me, and I think so many people, I mean, Patagonia is the gold standard. It's the brand that I think of that I admire the most for all the reasons that you just laid out, I think, at least in my memory, I'm sure there were other ones. But in my memory was really the first purpose driven brand. It was really the first values driven brand where I think even as a consumer, I looked at it, and I said, Wow, they have my values. They believe what I believe, in addition to sort of this ability to transport me to a place of adventure, and make me feel adventurous made me feel like I'm part of the outdoors. So, you know, I think we see that, and I work in a space now. And you might get this question all the time as well. I mean, everyone now is purpose driven. Everyone now is values driven. I don't say that to be sort of flippant. You almost have to be you know, it's like it's, you know, the world is expecting it. But not everybody has that same sort of success. Not everybody is able to hold to truenorth the way Patagonia It does so like, like, in your opinion, like, what do you think the secret is? Or what do you think the wise? How is Patagonia been so good at that and been able to turn that in to both a company that is mission and purpose driven? that's changing the world and is a pretty good business. Cory Bayers 10:18 Yeah, that's a meaty question. I, you know, I originally thought, when I interviewed at Patagonia, I sat down with Yvon Chouinard the, one of the founders, and I asked him, I said, What does success look in five years? Like, what do you want from me? Like, what is? What does Patagonia look like, in five years? How do I know if I'm succeeding in your eyes? Like, are we moving forward? And I was sitting there with the the CEO at the time Rose and the head of HR Dean, and he Yvon just kind of, in his great way, you know, looked down at his hands and, you know, rubbed his hands a little bit and put down his feet and said, I dont know, we may be smaller, and the head of HR just went white, just pale. And I said, that's the perfect answer. And what I mean by that is, I don't really give a shit about sales, we're not numbers driven. They've had some hard years in the past, I'm sure you know, over the decades, it's a good years, and I'm sure that'll continue. But the success for them, as in Patagonia, in general is never been sold, there's never solely rests on a sales figure, or growth, target success looks like, you know, getting more activists to sign up to sign a petition to, you know, defend a local watershed to change the supply chain completely on its head to organic cotton only. I mean, those are huge success factors, regardless of a sales figure. And I'm not saying that everyone is just all other brands, we're just looking at a sales figure, but it does give us a different frame of reference of what success looks like. And I think that's that's helped us weather a lot of different storms over the over the decades. So that mentality about truly wanting to do good, and and being up for that change. And measuring that change has been such a central tenant to who we are, that I think that's our success metric. So yeah, Marc Gutman 12:18 yeah. And we've talked a little bit about what's so great about Patagonia. But what's really hard about what you do there, and What don't we see What don't we know? Like, what and what do you wish, like maybe people didn't know about the, the how hard it is? Or the hard part of what you're doing? Cory Bayers 12:34 I get Yeah, the it's a bit of a double edged sword on this one. The hardest part is, because we're seen as a leadership brand, we're held to a very high standard, which which is right. And, and to me, this is where you get the double edge to it, we're held to a high standard. But we're also open to, you know, like anyone else, even more so though we've got, if we, if we step out a line, we got to target like, people let us know. And that can be really hard when you're doing, you know, making the number of nine out of 10 things right, or 915 things right, and you do one thing wrong, and you get hammered for you're like, Damn, but there's all this other stuff. We're doing good. Yeah, we dropped the ball on that one, but look at the goodness, but I look at it, the others on the other side and go, you know, what, it's a good way to be though, you know, we're a community that cares. And we care, hold us to that standard. And that standard allows us to, to keep moving on and keep you know, pushing ourselves. So while it does get hard and frustrating, sometimes it it does pull us forward, it's a nice standard to be held to. Marc Gutman 13:43 Now you've got me curious, because, you know, I firmly believe that we often grow through those hard times when we're challenged or when there's criticism. So, oh, Can you recall a moment that kind of falls into the parameters you just describe where maybe you did a mess misstep, or you got called out and how that went and how you learn from that. And then how you were able to, to kind of, you know, return back to that high standard by through that through that learning moment. Cory Bayers 14:11 Yeah, you know, looking at as an example, you know, I look at, let's see, DWI, or you know, water repellent finish on on gardens, we are switching to be non fluorocarbon. So, not as toxic in that there have been other brands that have been quicker, because we look at, you know, what are the options. So by switching from one, one formula to another, there's impact, and it's not a marketing play, to just switch and say, Hey, we're PFC free or whatever. It's okay what what chemistry are using now, and what are the effects on the environment now, and because there are ramifications and we've spent some time looking at the solids and we don't want to jump to assault That is just makes us look good or feel good. When we know there is also an environmental impact to a lot of these options out there. So working with our supply chain working with our partners to to get that right formulation. So in some instances, we've been, you know, criticized for going slowly, and rightfully so. And I think that's fine. But you know, people need to know that we really examine all solutions, and we play through the impacts, and those impacts could be on the environment, those impacts could be on performance and durability, lifetime value of the garment itself, its performance of the garment, other harmful effects, so we kind of play through everything, we're very much, you know, measured twice, cut once mentality. And when we go, we go, but a lot of times, you know, our communities don't see that. So we can be called out. And that's, that's rightfully so. But sometimes it's a little, you know, a little hard, but it's all good, keeping us to that standard, but dw is one of the examples that we're looking at right now. And we have, we are switching and in subsequent seasons, we're going to be completely flipped, and it's going to be really exciting. Marc Gutman 16:10 Yeah, and that's really interesting to think about, you know, and that you have to have all these considerations. And I think of Yvon is kind of famous story about, you know, shifting to organic cotton and things like that. And you know, was that as that that the way that story goes was just like it was a decision, it was done? It was the it was gonna ruin the company. But you know, he didn't care and he was just going to move forward, because it was the right thing to do. Is there a little hyperbole to that story? Is that the way it happened? Cory Bayers 16:42 That's pretty much how it happened. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think he walked in and said, You got 18 months, you know, figure it out. And you know, switching to organic cotton at the time. And I'm going from story I wasn't at Patagonia at the time, because this is going back, I believe, to the early 90s. Could be 94, 96, somewhere in there. But yeah, and you know, taking people out to the farms. and showing them the difference between employees at Patagonia and inventor and showing the difference between organic farm and chemical based, you know, fertilizer and run farm and having people actually see that difference and the impact that that's having. Yeah, that's, that's fair, there's a lot of truth to that story. It's, it's completely true. And similar with this DWR as well, we're looking at, you know, timelines on there, where we're going to be flipping it. And we have that conversation with a lot of different things like, you know, we're always pushing ourselves to a timeline, like, Okay, how quickly what is the impact, and really want to make sure we're careful and solution, but at the same time, trying to run as quick as we can. One of the expressions I had heard, go as quick as you can to take the time you need. And that's been, I think, really paramount in a lot of our decision making, like we're going to run as quick as he can turn over every cell, do whatever we can, but make sure we're also examining the impacts, and then going, Marc Gutman 18:05 I mean, that part of that story that kind of blows my mind that like I haven't really thought much about, and being a storyteller, and you just shared in the opening, I mean, your your whole job as being a storyteller, is this idea of bringing the employees to see the different farms and to get their buy in? And you know, and I don't really see that very often, I think we're so consumed with external storytelling, that we don't spend a ton of time on this internal kind of component. And so, like, how important is that to you and your role? I mean, are you spending a lot of time thinking about how do we sell? and sell is kind of the wrong word? How do we like show how do we get people to see our point of view? Because when you just share that that story about going to the farms I was like, Oh, my God, like, how could you work at Patagonia and not be bought into the shift? Even though it seems scary, even though it seems big? If you're given that opportunity to insert yourself in the story? Cory Bayers 19:00 Yeah, no, it's, it's something that we can always do more of. And you're right. It's not selling to the teams. It's more, you know, making sure they're engaged. We have a very, very incredible group of people in all of our offices that are, they're there for the right reason, they're hungry, they're curious, they're creative. So it doesn't take much to share the story and go, Hey, this we're working on to get people really, really excited, which is pretty incredible. And I'm trying to think back of, you know, other places that it goes really goes really quickly like a story gets picked up. You're like amazing, okay, how do we make it happen? And people getting behind it. And there's there's very little having to sell someone in a meeting like this, the reason why we're doing it, it's more like his right reason why we're doing it. Here's some of the background and just see people light up like Oh, man, that's cool. That is, oh, yeah, let's do it. If anything, we're on the other side of that. As I always say, you know, we want to solve so many problems, we do a lot, and sometimes too much and we get it, we get, we get underwater a little bit when it comes to the storytelling or some of the things we're taking on. We've got a lot of energy. Marc Gutman 20:15 Like I can only imagine, I think, maybe it'll come up later. But I shared with you My, my, sort of thought, how I always view the the decision room, the marketing room at Patagonia, and everyone's like, you know, can we talk about something else? Maybe other than saving the planet, or public lands or water rights or, you know, all these things? So, you know, and so thanks for sharing that Cory what, you know, I'd like to know is like, you've had this amazing career. And I want to talk a little bit about that. And but like when you were a young boy and growing up in Canada, were you even thinking like, Hey, I'm going to be in the outdoor industry. I'm going to be in marketing someday I might work in marketing for some big, you know, outdoor brand? Cory Bayers 21:04 No, no, not at all. I mean, I grew up in Montreal, and grew up in the city. Luckily, we could, we spent summers in Vermont, and upstate New York on Lake Champlain. So for Yeah, all summer, basically, I've been in a tent and a sleeping bag for months on end. And that was amazing. And I always, you know, that was my connection to the outdoors and made me fall in love with the outdoors and the sports that I did. But it probably wasn't till college where I was an accounting major, which makes me laugh right now. And I'd gotten into skiing and snow sports. And there I was, it sounds bad, but I want to find a way to get to the mountains cheaper, and mean somebody just started you know, ski club, and it was a way for us to get Okay, we'll get a bus, we'll get a bunch of people on there. And if we get enough people, we'll get a few free tickets and then we can ride for free. We just got to work it and organize it and and we're not getting paid but we're gonna get free lift tickets. And I just kind of got into that and we used to get in organized try to do weeklies in the winter, like busloads of students, you know, down to like, you know, JP smuggler's notch, you know, moe, Sutton all these places, and just have fun with it. And I really fell in love with the, I guess the the entrepreneurial side, the business side, the marketing side. And some of my friends I'm hitting the longer they actually joke, they're like, yeah, we weren't sure if you're gonna graduate or just be escaped. But they're like, we're pretty impressed that you actually graduated, stuck around. But I just I fell in love with the, I guess the whole the business of sport or that interaction, or that blurring of the lines really, between, you know, fun, passion and sport and work. And then straight away, I think after my first semester, I switched from accounting into marketing, and just, you know, enjoy the creative side of it. And the entrepreneurial side of it, really. And so that was kind of the foray into into it. And when I really started to think about, hey, this could be, this could be a place I'd love to work in, and it was like, Oh, am I going to work in like, you know, ski resort like country Lodge, I thought about guiding, you know, guiding school, do I want to do that. So there's a lot of options, but I knew I want it to be tied to the outdoor sports and the outdoor community in some way that I could apply my little bit of knowledge and passion to to be part of the community. Marc Gutman 23:33 Yeah, and I would think you know, this, but maybe you don't Mike Arzt who introduced us for this episode, and also connected us so that we were able to have this interview. Did you know he had an exact same sort of like a call to racket going on, where he was putting together ski clubs selling lift tickets, like getting people to the mountain so he could go for free? Cory Bayers 23:53 I didn't know that. And I've known Mike for years. Marc Gutman 23:57 Exactly. verbatim, almost verbatim to what you just shared. It was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, did they do that together? That sounded like, like, almost identical. Cory Bayers 24:07 Although Funny enough, I know. He went to UVM. So yeah, we weren't that far. I was in Montreal, but no, I didn't know that story. No. That's funny. Marc Gutman 24:15 That's how he got his start as well. So, you know, and at that time, why don't you give us like a little sense of what the outdoor landscape look like, you know, you know, it's I think it was a lot different than it is today. Cory Bayers 24:30 Yeah. Wow. I mean, it was definitely a lot. It was more fringe. It was more varied a lot fewer brands, the space wasn't it wasn't I wanna say co opted, but it wasn't as mainstream. You know, it was a little more isolationist, different kind of pursuit, smaller group, smaller community at the time. So yeah, it was a little different in that regard. Obviously, you know, product and technology has just exploded in terms of what's possible now. But the community was a lot smaller and you were more on the fringe, it wasn't as mainstream to see someone who saw someone walking in, you know, a ski jacket or waterproof jacket or even hiking boots in the city, either thought they were student or, you know, a traveler or something like that, like, you know, a European traveler coming through backpacking through whereas now it's very commonplace. I mean, it's it's part of, it's part of the culture it is it mainstream activities and pursuits. So yeah, it's grown immensely, which has had some great upside to it. I mean, it's been amazing to tie it back to Patagonia, though, but, you know, something that, you know, people aren't gonna protect the land unless they have an attachment to it, love it, no, it care about it, or recreated, you know, on it. And by having more people involved in the sport, it's only going to get more people involved in defending the places we love. So it's, it's been super positive in that regard. Yeah, and Marc Gutman 26:00 I think at that time, there was this really interesting birth of this intersection of outdoor and lifestyle, you know, and that where people were, you know, I think, you know, that was about the time I was starting to see, you know, accountants and business people wearing Patagonia clothing, you know, around town and stuff like that. And prior to that, we didn't really, we didn't really see a lot of that. So, at this time, you know, you've made this decision, you're going to apply yourself, you're in the marketing, you see the, at least the world that you want to be a part of, you know, that it's like, hey, there's this cool thing with like, being outside and being in marketing and business and being an entrepreneur. So would you do with that, where'd you go from after you left school? Cory Bayers 26:50 My girlfriend and I went and cycled around Europe for almost a year. So that was that was fun. I had Patagonia gear at the time, obviously. And then when we came back, we knew we want to live kind of in the West, the mountains, we wanted to explore the western side of Canada and the US a lot more. And so we moved to Vancouver. And the we actually used mountain bikes with flicks on them to tour we didn't use a regular touring bike. And it was a Canadian brand called Rocky Mountain bicycle. And when we moved back to Montreal, basically packed up the car, sold everything, not that we had a lot basically had ski snowboard stuff, threw it on the car, and then drove drove out to Vancouver. And, you know, applied, we both applied for jobs sending photos from this trip to Rocky Mountain bicycle where the bicycle place that we bought our bikes from. And my wife got a job there as an accountant. And I would just, you know, hang out, you know, mess around with the bikes. This is early 90s. So mountain biking was relatively young then and kind of got into the sports team got into with a lot of those guys. And then eventually I joined Helly Hansen and I was doing marketing for Hansen in Canada. So that was you know their retail and wholesale and team and all that stuff so out of Vancouver so life was pretty good actually starting to see you know how I could actually apply some of the things I learned and the passion I had to the the outdoor industry so that was Helly Hansen was kind of my first outdoor brand that I just threw myself into and enjoyed immensely of Vancouver. That was Marc Gutman 28:33 Yeah, and when you started with Helly Hansen, what was your role there? Cory Bayers 28:37 I was head of marketing for Canada. So I was overseeing Canadian marketing. Marc Gutman 28:42 Was that a big was that a big sort of territory or big deal? Or was Howie maybe not that Cory Bayers 28:47 you know what? Helly wasn't, I guess that huge at the time. And it was a big geographic territory, but not a massive role. It was a great role for me to you know, learn and figure stuff out. I would say it had, it was big enough that I had a budget and and things I could do to get in trouble. But it wasn't so small. I was like, Damn, I'd like to do that, Oh, I can't do that. I can't do this, I had enough latitude. And and it was of enough size enough autonomy that I could kind of mess around get in trouble try some different stuff, whether it be events or ads or whatever it was, or working with athletes or or in store and things like that. So I really, I really enjoyed it a lot. It was a lot of fun. And then after that, I went to do marketing for their Mountain Sports division out of Seattle. So moved the family down to Seattle, and enjoy that as well. You know, just concentrating globally. This is a global role on Mountain Sports. So ski and snow and climb and hike. And that was that was so much fun. I love Seattle love the Northwest. And the opportunity came up. They said well, you know we want Would you like to come to Norway, and kind of You know, market the other categories as well like be involved in marketing for your kids and footwear at the time. We've got some other categories. And always the adventure is like hell yeah, I'd love to. So moved over to Oslo, Oslo, Norway and work for for Helly. They're a global that's their head office and work there for I can't remember I was there almost four or five years, I guess, in the marketing team there just met some amazing people, and just what a great culture and what a great country to live in, and what a great brand. And I learned, you know, a lot of dealing with international markets and just other stuff it was it was really cool. It's such a great learning curve. Heck, I'm still a student. I'm still learning every day. And I love that aspect of it. So now that I'm looking back and thinking, wow, yeah, I enjoyed learning there. There and there. So no, it was great. I had a lot of fun. 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I think for a lot of marketers, a lot of people in the outdoor industry, that would have been a job of a lifetime that would have been it that would have been like, Hey, I'm going to stay with Holly. I'm going to do you know just I've got I've got a good I've got it really good. And yet another roll came came your way. And did you go right from Helly Hansen to Lululemon? Cory Bayers 32:19 I did. But the reason why I left Norway was it was for personal reasons. My dad, my parents are a little older. And my dad I was on a photo shoot in Northern Norway. with Mark Gallup at the time, good old photographer friend and my dad. My parents live in British Columbia and an interior small town called Kamloops. And my dad had a heart attack. And it took me like, as soon as I found out I was on the shoot, it took me another 3040 hours to get home, get back to British Columbia to see him. And I kids at the time two young, two young girls. And I was just like, Oh, you know, I want them to know their grandparents, I got to get home. So I went back to North back to Norway after my dad was feeling better. And it was it was tough. But I you know, the guys at Helly, were great. I just said, Look, I really I gotta get home, you know, there's a time for family. As much as I love, love the team here and I love Norway. I got it, I got to get back and take care of my my family and let them see what my parents you know, see their kids, their grandkids are. And so I went back. And they were great. And now Helly was like, hey, do you want to stay on and like, consult for a little bit out of Vancouver like helping the transition. I'm like, I'd love to. That's great. So my thought of coming back to Vancouver was, you know, maybe I can talk to a few brands and kind of string a bit of a marketing consulting thing together. You know, whatever that looks like. So move back to Vancouver landed on like July the second song hit the pavement talking to some old friends. And one of my buddies was like, Hey, you know, you should talk to Lululemon. I was like, Oh, the yoga brand over on West fourth. He's like, yeah, Cory, you've been out of Canada a little while they're a little bigger now. Okay. And this was this is 2009. And I've been out of the country since early 2000. So not quite nine years, but close to it. So 2009. And I approached them and said, Hey, you know, here's what I'm looking to do. Here's my background, I'd love to, you know, see if you have anything, you know, do you need any help? And the person there at the time was like we don't but we've got a brand role. Do you want to be brand manager here? You know, we're figuring some stuff out at the time. They're still relatively small and growing. And I was like, sure, this is kind of cool. I really loved everyone I met and what they stood for, and just every conversation I had, I'm like, oh my god I'm in. So that's how, you know, I just transitioned, you know, by mid August. I was like, yeah, I'm at Lulu. Now. That Lululemon for was almost seven years, seven years. So from August oh nine, I started at Lulu overseeing brand and brand manager role and then oversaw the creative. So head of brand creative VP brand creative for for several years. Marc Gutman 35:18 And so for folks that may not know like what what is a brand manager and in you know, maybe in the context of working at Lulu just to make it real and then also like had a creative like, like what does that what does that role do? And what are your responsibilities? And and again maybe like maybe some of the things that are that we don't know like what's tough about it? Cory Bayers 35:38 Yeah, well, brand manager very similar to you know, marketing manager, the difference that Lou lemon between I guess a typical marketing manager role. And why it was a bit more of a brand manager type role was a very decentralized model very, very interesting. And that, you know, a lot of they create locally, whether it's events and their stores and stuff like that. So it was it wasn't typical, you know, hey, here's, here's what we're doing in the month of August or whatever this is your store window and, and do that it was more about teaching them about brand about our brand about the limit brand, what does that mean? Where our values and having them go and create locally, which was really cool. In such a such a great, a great model. And then when I was, you know, before I jump to the creative side of it, you'd ask, you know, what were some of the challenges, and one of the interesting things, you know, blue lemon had, at least at the time, and for my tenure there, and I would think so still now, you know, an appetite for risk. And they knew that, you know, I'm making up out of 10 windows that a store would put out, one would be absolutely amazing, or two or three, whatever would they'd have absolutely amazing windows, and a bunch of them would be kind of mediocre, it is what it is, and you can't hit it out of the park every month. And then one or two would get us in trouble. Meaning they'd be like, Oh, that's an offensive one or you know, their media would be involved or something would get messy, like oh, yeah, okay. But there was a tolerance for that. And it was an exciting environment to to be creative within. And then I went to, after that overseeing the creative team and working with them and other talented bunch of, you know, designers photographers, film, there's a bit of film and video, you know, at Lou lemon at the time. And that was a different role that was like purely creative with a bit of a strategy to it. But the creative side of it was really guiding that, you know, what's the look, the look and feel of lemon through those years. Everything from you know, print ads to the website to how we shoot how we tell a story, the emails that go out. So all the creative communication at the time, I had the great fortune of working with, you know, a great team there to bring that to life. And that was a lot of fun to learn again, I learned a lot there. Marc Gutman 37:59 Yeah, and the way I hear the story, and please correct me if I've got this wrong as that you're at Lulu, and you're head of creative and things are good, you're happy you're doing your thing. And you get approached by by the the, the big the big white whale right by Patagonia the I was gonna say, you know, like, I was gonna say, Detroit redwings. But you know, that think that's for my like, more of my memory than the reality these days. But you're, you're you're approached by you know, the preeminent outdoor. You know, like you said, the gold standard high level. Patagonia. Is that is that the way it happened? Cory Bayers 38:37 Yeah, it was actually interesting in that when I was still in Norway, and I was looking to move back to Canada. I had reached out to a few people, like different recruiters like, Hey, you know what, I'm heading back to Canada, for family reasons. You know, I'd love to talk with you guys about something I got talking with this person, Deanna at a recruiting agency, we had a great conversation. And she's like, you know what, there's nothing at Patagonia right now. But I'll definitely keep you in mind. And she was working. I think it was in Portland, with a recruiting firm. And I was just kind of getting my name out, because coming back to the US had been out of the country for quite a while and didn't think anything of it, and then went to Lulu. And literally it was I guess it was a probably a total of eight years later, I get a call from her. I was like, Oh, hey, Deanna. We didn't talk to him forever. I'm like, Wow, great. What's going on? She's like, well, we you know, we're looking for a head of marketing. Are you interested? I still had I remember our conversation a few years ago, and like, eight years ago, about, you know, just a random conversation we had. So she reached out I'm like, Yeah, I'd love to have a conversation with Patagonia for sure. And it just kind of started they're really you know, I met with rose CEO at the time and the people here and just love them. every interaction every conversation I had, so it was it was a tough decision actually to leave to leave Vancouver to leave lemon. But yeah, it was it was. It's been great. It's been great almost five years now. Yeah. Marc Gutman 40:13 And I can imagine was a tough decision. I mean, first of all, moving from Seattle where you've established your home and you're loving it, and I was Vancouver, Vancouver. Yeah. Okay, I'm sorry, Vancouver. But yeah, you're still you're still moving to Southern California. That's a big move. And I could sense perhaps in the question that you referenced in the beginning of the show, when you asked, you know, well, how do I know I'm successful? I mean, I would have to think it might be intimidating, coming into a company that's so highly revered, like, like, you know, and certainly, at a high position. I mean, my thought is, like, I wouldn't want to screw that up, you know, I don't want to be the one that like, I don't want to be the one that like, starts to put, uh, you know, cracks in this hall of this of this ship. So, I mean, were you intimidated? was it was it a little scary? Cory Bayers 41:02 Um, I don't know if it was scary. I mean, I have gone through the 80s, you know, as skiing and in the outdoors, I was just so immersed in their catalogs, and the imagery and the brand. And I'd read Let my people go surfing that it. It didn't feel distant. It didn't feel like this is another entity. It felt like something I knew something I was passionate about something I felt close to in some weird way. You know, because I've been so involved or absorbing everything they've been doing for decades, really, like I said, since the 80s. That it didn't, it didn't seem like such a leap. And the conversations were very real and honest. And expectations were our you know, about saving the home planet, which I know that sounds massive. It is massive. But it's it Yeah, I don't know, I it's not something that really crossed my mind. It was, I guess, another adventure, a way to learn. And it's in a really weird way of felt like kind of coming home because of my, they were one of the brands that are the first brand I fell in love with, you know, when I was into the outdoors, or getting into it and getting into quality apparel, and, and what spoke to me imagery wise. So yeah, it was it was a bit of a full circle in that regard. Yeah. Marc Gutman 42:29 Yeah. So you're there. Now you're overseeing a great team, like, what's next for Cory? Cory Bayers 42:36 I don't know, keep having fun, keep learning. You know, just keep growing really keep. I keep talking about learning. I'm kind of the eternal student. But there's something that I discovered a long time ago that I really liked coaching, you know, and not to jump around. But I remember like, in the 90s, when my first jobs actually had us do this Myers Briggs test. And it's a personality test, right? And you go through the whole thing and answer these questions, and the report comes back. And I was, you know, mid 20s, at the time, and one of the things on there, it says, You you really enjoy coaching, you'd be a great coach. I never thought of that, like really a coach? like when I play team sports and ever wanted to be the coach or anything like that. But I just discovered like, okay, I want to be a coach, really, okay, I was in my mid 20s, I kind of put it aside. And then, you know, when I was leaving Norway, the team there, they put together this little photo book, and it was just pictures of me with them through my time there. So like, on photoshoots, behind the scenes on the mountain, you know, in the cafe in moss and Norway at the office, or just a bunch of stuff. And, and the thing that just broke me was they said, thanks for being our coach. And I was just like, shocked. I was like, Oh my god, I guess? Yeah, that's what I love doing. I, I like that. And I hadn't thought about that for about 10 years. And that just nailed it again. And so I am I enjoy that aspect of being able to, to help coach and impart some of my knowledge and you know, on on the next generation of marketers, and creatives and people that are going to change industry way more and change the world way more than I, I have or will. So I do enjoy that. So I don't really look too far. What's next I kind of try to stay in the present about keep learning on what I'm doing and keep keep coaching my team and keep seeing people grow because honestly, if you ask me was the thing I'm most stoked about over the last 10 years. I'm not going to talk about a campaign. I'm not going to talk about creative. I'm going to talk about relationships, people I met someone like Mike you know, Mike Arzt and the great work we've done. I'm going to talk about, you know, a young designer out of school that was I believe that intern at the time when I joined Lw lemon, on my left, she was, you know, an art director and on our way to be a creative director, just a brilliant creative mind. Those are the things I remember, I don't remember, you know, some campaign that went out that we may have felt good about at the time. So, yeah, that's kind of what I'm looking at right now. Marc Gutman 45:19 Oh, and it sounds like you've been such an influence to a lot of different people. Just even how you, you know, described, you know, your involvement in coaching and your influence and, you know, coaching the next generation of marketers, but like, who's been the most influential person in your life? Cory Bayers 45:37 Oh, tough question. I don't know if there's been just one I think through throughout my journey, there's, there's always been someone along the way that is really inspired me, you know, that we're talking about mike mike is always, always inspired me with his just creativity, his drive, his sense of purpose, the ability to have fun, I've looked up to Mike for a long time. And I look at you know, some ambassadors we've had the pleasure of working with, you know, when I was at Helly, there is one gentleman Yoren Crop, who unfortunately passed away in a climbing accident several years ago, but such an influential person and his perspective on life. And, and what he accomplished, you know, was amazing, I look at right now someone like Yvon Chouinard who's simply iconic the real deal, you know, learning from him and hearing his little bits of wisdom. So yeah, it's kind of a bunch of people all along the way, have always, you know, it hasn't been one mentor. It's been a bunch of a series of mentors. And, and even if they weren't full mentors, just learning like a snippet from here, or, or someone teaching me something going, Wow, that's pretty cool. Yeah, I never looked at it that way. You know, from even days, that loon lemon and yoga philosophy and just exploring yoga, and things like that. And I learned along the way from, you know, some of the some of the coaching we got there was it was incredible. See, I can't pick just one sorry. Marc Gutman 47:17 It's all right. And, you know, I think it's a just, there's some synchronicity in that you mentioned Mike and Mike was on the podcast. So those of you listening, you've heard us reference him a couple times, you can go ahead and listen to his episode and learn more about Mike. But Mike also had sent in a question through the baby got backstory, sort of email channels, have a question that he would like to ask you. So are you ready for it? Cory Bayers 47:44 Um, as I'll ever be. Marc Gutman 47:47 All right. All right. All right, let's, let's see, let's see. Mike Arzt 47:52 There was a time when we as Helly Hansen, rented out a castle in Austria, is maybe one of the best fashion shows parties have ever seen go down. I highly recommend renting a castle to anyone listening. Later that night, while leaving after copious amounts of enjoying the castle. Cory pulled off pretty amazing gymnastics done, and was really hoping he may be share, share what went down? Cory Bayers 48:25 Oh, geez, I knew Mike would talk about something like that. It is it is it was a castle in Austria. And it's really, it's pretty crazy. It's funny. I was at a sales meeting. Pre COVID in in Europe, or European team there. And it was in Italy and what they had rented out like, it's incredible what you can actually buildings and areas you can do events in in Europe always blow my mind. And this was a castle in in Austria. And we were launching a new season. I can't remember which season it was. And yeah, it was just a lot of fun. It's really well done. And we stayed around a big group. We had a bunch of the skiers and snowboarders there and just had a really good time. And I don't know how it evolved. We were standing somewhere and there's one of the rooms, there's no furniture, it's just literally the castle. And it was a massive room with this ceiling that seemed to go on forever. And hanging down. Was this crazy big chandelier like one of those you see in the movies like it looked about, I don't know. 810 feet in diameter just hanging there but like wood and it had it candles. It wasn't like electric or anything was the candle one. And I was like, Am I as a kid you always see movies like people swinging across those things. So I thought, hmm, that was my moment to shine. And I care what I'm standing on. I just jumped off of it and landed on the chandelier and swung across the room. And I believe there's a couple of bottles of elixir in my goggle pockets on the inside of my jacket that fell out as well when I was swinging and Mike like that story, but I just swung on that thing. And after a golf Mike was like he didn't realize that things Pro is over a couple hundred years old, he could have killed yourself. That's like, that's the last thing I was thinking it was. I was six years old again. I want to fly on that thing, just like you saw in the movies, man. Marc Gutman 50:23 Well, thank you for sharing that. And I am just so sad. I'm so sad that like I like you know, didn't didn't have the opportunity. Mike Arzt 50:28 I think I alluded with the other question if you get into it, but we'll see if he'll tell that one. If he won't I have pictures. I don't think Cory holds back on much. There's I think one of our favorite ones was the most you talk about, like snowboarding or skiing, like overshooting the landing. Ian foreman and Mark Gallup and I were all heading over to corys house in Oslo to have dinner and he told us just to stop and pick up sushi on the way at Alex sushi, which is like, it's the Nobu of Oslo. So really good, stupid expensive, like you probably buy a small house in Kansas for what dinner costs, right. So in the snowboarding terms, if it had been a 60 foot tabletop, I'd say Cory overshot the landing on the order by 120 feet, but maybe he can tell that story of I still kind of wonder what happened to all that sushi. Hopefully he fed the entire neighborhood. I think Cory might have taught me about the Canadian Caesar and Crown Royal, like those are two very big staple still in my life. I think a lot of that resulted from the same trip that a game we created called trail ball was launched. I remember our bar tab at the end of that week at chatter Creek. I still have that also. But the line items are something like 196 crown Royals, like 126 Caesars, more Coconino than like he could have floated a small tugboat and the amount of coconuts we went through. But that was an epic trip that a lot of learning and creativity came out of and even some good photos. This thing with Cory Cory some pretty put up put together for he's like one of those guys that could actually probably run for political office He's a dark horse. Cory Bayers 52:35 Yeah, you know, I was I always struggle with the sushi orders, you know, and I got better in my old age, but I always just struggled quantity. And these guys are coming over and they're hungry, and I don't want them to starve. So I went to the restaurant during the day. I said, Look, do you guys deliver? I'm not living that far. But I like to place an order and do you deliver? And they're like, no, sorry, we don't deliver. I'm like, Okay, well, I'm gonna order now. Okay, now and my buddies will come by a taxi. They'll pick it up, and they're gonna bring it to my house. No problem. And I still remember Mike, when I opened the doors, Hammond gallop and Ian. And they're holding the sushi. It literally looked like a pallet of it. And they're all smiling and laughing and I'm like, what's wrong? They go, Well, we got a message from the owner of the restaurant. I'm like, Oh, geez, would I do my card bounce? Like what happened? He goes, No. His message to you is here's the number you should call. We'll tell you what is it you ordered? Like it's an for an army we will deliver anywhere for you. And here's my personal number. So I kind of overshot the landing. I think it was something like I don't know. $4,000 to sushi for four people. But it was Yeah. My wife still reminds me that to this day, whenever I order sushi, I get the look. So yeah, I really overshot the landing. I get the look. Yeah, even my kids, even my kids know the story and they give me the look too. Marc Gutman 53:58 It's serving you well, you know, you're still telling that story today. So, has there ever been a moment like at Patagonia or any time during your career where you just felt like, like scared or like, you know, something wasn't gonna work out the way you had hoped? Cory Bayers 54:16 Oh, yeah, we did a week is it? Yeah, I mean, shit. A lot of times. Yeah. Because, you know, whatever you as marketers, or as creatives, you know, whatever you're unleashing, kind of wait for a reaction. Sometimes there's some stuff you can put out there and go, ooh, boy, this is gonna be interesting how this one's received. And sometimes it's received well, and sometimes it's not or Yeah, there's always an element of, of risk or uncertainty. I mean, you do what you can you work through it. You work with your teams, and then but once it's into the big wide open, yeah, there's an element on a lot of campaigns or a lot of things that I've put out over the years that you're like, Okay, how's it gonna be received and yet a feeling doesn't go way, I think it's a good feeling. Marc Gutman 55:02 Yeah. And so kind of in that same kind of milk, like, what are you struggling with most right now? Cory Bayers 55:08 Uh, right now struggling? Oh, let's see, bro, can I say the election? Marc Gutman 55:16 You can say anything you want, yeah. Cory Bayers 55:19 Yeah, just, you know, electing climate, climate leaders, people are gonna care for this planet, you know, truth, trying to implement some government change and, and that's something that we're very passionate about. And yeah, the environment. So that's, that's that's a big thing right now and obviously we're a couple weeks away from Election Day and hoping that we can as a community elect climate leaders that are going to help protect and you know, keep these lands safe so we can we can continue to enjoy them and our children and grandchildren and everyone can enjoy them. So yeah, that's that's the biggest thing on my mind right now. Marc Gutman 55:58 Yeah. And you mentioned that you really enjoy coaching and that you enjoy mentoring that next generation of marketers and creatives. With that in mind, like, what's one piece of advice that you'd give them? Cory Bayers 56:10 Oh, this is like the the letter back to yourself when you're 18, or something like that? Kind of, I always think, or I think about that sometimes, like, what could I tell myself, or someone starting out? And I would get and say, You know what, don't don't worry about being perfect. Like Don't, don't chase perfection, just go and do it and try it and figure it out. Don't be Don't be too concerned about how how you look or let ego get in the way just just dive in and figure stuff out. There's going to be great moments, it's gonna be hard moments. That doesn't change that just goes with you. But yeah, don't be apprehensive and don't worry about perfection. Just just kind of dive in and be okay with it. And don't let Don't let your ego rule you. Marc Gutman 57:02 What's one of your favorite memories of Cory Mike Arzt 57:05 I was thinking about this driving in today. And there's so money, some good memories. But uh, I think an awesome one was we're at we're an Aspen for the X Games. And, you know, you were watching all that athletes compete. And it's just such a great weekend, you're surrounded by all your industry friends, you're in Aspen, which is awesome just on its own. But it was just hammering snow. And I believe we were supposed to fly out of Aspen to go directly to the SI trade show in Vegas. And I think the flight got canceled. And then we just quickly made the decision that it just wasn't worth like sitting at the airport, probably getting get canceled again, or whatever. So we just stayed. And that Monday when pretty much the circus of the X Games cleared out of town. We went to Highlands and height islands bowl and had a I don't know, it must have been a two or three foot deep powder day. And it's just that feeling of you just had this great weekend. But it was chaos. And then the next thing we end it with just just us hiking the bowl and just smashing some serious pow. And then we got in the rental car, drove straight to Vegas, and checked into the hotel still in our snowboard gear. And I think we ended up getting in like half a day later than we would have. But getting that that kind of bonus day with that. sharing it with friends and getting powder like that. I mean, that's really takes it right back to why we all got into this whole thing. Marc Gutman 58:41 In addition to the question that you asked earlier, is there something else that you've always wanted to know, from Cory that maybe there's been like this mystery of this thing outstanding that either professionally or personally, you wanted to ask him and know the answer to? Mike Arzt 58:58 I don't know. There's so much Luckily, we've had some good time to sit down together. And luckily a couple weeks ago, I ended up out in California and got to stop in and spend a night at Cory's new place and kind of you know, just see the family. I think it's been several years everyone was so so grown up his oldest is in college. I mean, it's crazy. I like last time I saw them they were kids. This time they were adults and and just cool to see him settled into the whole new Patagonia thing, but I don't know I think I think what's interesting, so interesting to me is that he was able to move through a couple different great companies, but those also required international moves with a family. And I think that would probably stop other people from taking on that challenge. And yes, I don't know if I if I had some one question. I'd probably be like the mindset of making big decisions like that with a family and trying to To figure out what the right move is. Marc Gutman 1:00:02 Make sure to visit our website www.wildstory.com where you can subscribe to the show in iTunes, Stitcher or via RSS, so you'll never miss an episode. I like big stories and I cannot lie. You other storytellers can't deny.

Juho Karhu has lived aboard his sailboat S/Y Sylvia for a couple of  years in Northern Norway. His love for skiing brought him there and the sailing came with it as a natural part of his lifestyle. This podcast is about his life above the Arctic Circle and his plans to sail to Greenland to spend a winter with his girlfriend frozen in the ice. Juho documents his live and adventures on Youtube and Instagram.  Please check out his new website Alluring Arctic. Explore Norths podcast is a part of the Norwegian Sailing Federation and it is supported by Raymarine. Previous podcasts you can find on Explore North. They are all in Norwegian, but more episodes in English will follow.  

Our Northern Norway expert, Karoline, is joining Kate again for today's episode. Salt and cheese is the theme throughout while Kate and Karoline take a deep dive into traditional Norwegian dishes. Salted fish, salted lamb, salted elk! Preserving foods has long been a tradition in Norway but with modern spins on classic dishes make Norway a culinary dream.    

Karoline Hol Blomstrand, marketing manager for Skaarugen, talks to us about Northern Norway; full of extremes! Grab a coat and learn about the extreme weather, extreme activities and extreme-ly awesome cities to visit! Take a journey dog-sledding or go island hopping, Northern Norway has it all.  

Marlen Bakke is a innovation/business coach, a yoga teacher, essential oil guide and a model. Born and raised in Northern-Norway but with many years living and working around the globe. She is now based in Stockholm where she works daily with start-ups and entrepreneurs who want to solve the world's challenges. She is passionate about natural health, yoga and essential oils and holds workshops within these fields and her mission is to inspire others to live real, intuitive and conscious. On instagram you can find her at @marlenbakke https://www.instagram.com/marlenbakke/ @mabaessentials https://www.instagram.com/mabaessentials/ On Facebook you can find her at - Maba Essentials https://www.facebook.com/mabaessentials Website - www.mabaessentials.com Business coaching www.almi.se #TalkingTalent #LifeIS #TalkingTalentPodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Meet Radovan from Tromsø in Northern Norway, who is building exciting software and teaching students how to be good engineers. He is also busy building and growing the Nordic RSE community with colleagues from Sweden, Finland and other countries.

Growing up in Daugavpils, VZ was constantly getting inspired by electronic music. While spending a year of her studies in Northern Norway, she started DJing from time to time in a bar in Tromsø - the capital of electronic music in Norway. Getting supported by local DJs and friends, VZ organised some small student parties with her friend who shared her love for house and techno. After coming back to Riga, VZ didn't want to stop playing. She played in different venues in Riga, Minsk, Vilnius, Paris, Kaunas. In her sets, VZ tries to combine different sounds of techno - from dub to acid, from dark to industrial. http://soundcloud.com/valerijazelve • t.me/rtsfm or t-do.ru/rtsfm • facebook.com/rtsfm • instagram.com/rts.fm • vk.com/rtsfm • youtube.com/user/rtsfmmoscow • @rtsfm

The students at Arctic Adventure Tourism did a testlab where they tested tourism products offered by 2 companies in Nordreisa i Northern Norway. In this episode the students present these products and the testlab as part of this course.

Terje is a photographer and videographer native to Norway and has partnered with several outdoor gear brands. From split boarding to kayaking Terje shares his adventures exploring Western and Northern Norway, what goes into being an outdoor photographer, gear recommendations when in Norway and handling electronic equipment outdoors, and how his brief time in Canada compares to Norway. Follow Terje's adventures: Instagram Flickr Youtube Apply to be a guest on the show.

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Find all GHT Overland podcasts at: https://ghtoverland.com/podcastsFor Overlanding Gear, visit https://ghtoverland.com/overlanding-gear-guideCarola and Stefano of Heimathafen.one (meaning Home Port) joined us from Northern Norway, aboard “Fred”, a converted MAN 16.232 4X4 container transport truck. Carola and Stefano are both from Hamburg, Germany now overlanding full time as digital nomads. We cover a lot of great topics from their truck, border crossings, finances and how they’re able to overland travel full-time while working. We knew when they described themselves as the Chill Commissioner and Social Officer, along with their dog as a Heartbreaker of the Lady Dogs; we were going to have a fun conversation. Join us in this two part episode for a fun conversation, packed with knowledge, experience and fun stories from their overland adventures.Website: https://heimathafen.one/deInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heimathafen.oneFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeimathafenOneFind Links and all show notes at: https://www.patreon.com/ghtoverland/postsMusic by Shane Brown / www.shanebrownmusic.com

Find all GHT Overland podcasts at: https://ghtoverland.com/podcastsFor Overlanding Gear, visit https://ghtoverland.com/overlanding-gear-guideCarola and Stefano of Heimathafen.one (meaning Home Port) joined us from Northern Norway, aboard “Fred”, a converted MAN 16.232 4X4 container transport truck. Carola and Stefano are both from Hamburg, Germany now overlanding full time as digital nomads. We cover a lot of great topics from their truck, border crossings, finances and how they’re able to overland travel full-time while working. We knew when they described themselves as the Chill Commissioner and Social Officer, along with their dog as a Heartbreaker of the Lady Dogs; we were going to have a fun conversation. Join us in this two part episode for a fun conversation, packed with knowledge, experience and fun stories from their overland adventures.Website: https://heimathafen.one/deInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heimathafen.oneFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeimathafenOneFind Links and all show notes at: https://www.patreon.com/ghtoverland/postsMusic by Shane Brown / www.shanebrownmusic.com

Find all GHT Overland podcasts at: https://ghtoverland.com/podcastsFor Overlanding Gear, visit https://ghtoverland.com/overlanding-gear-guideCarola and Stefano of Heimathafen.one (meaning Home Port) joined us from Northern Norway, aboard “Fred”, a converted MAN 16.232 4X4 container transport truck. Carola and Stefano are both from Hamburg, Germany now overlanding full time as digital nomads. We cover a lot of great topics from their truck, border crossings, finances and how they’re able to overland travel full-time while working. We knew when they described themselves as the Chill Commissioner and Social Officer, along with their dog as a Heartbreaker of the Lady Dogs; we were going to have a fun conversation. Join us in this two part episode for a fun conversation, packed with knowledge, experience and fun stories from their overland adventures.Website: https://heimathafen.one/deInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heimathafen.oneFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeimathafenOneFind Links and all show notes at: https://www.patreon.com/ghtoverland/postsMusic by Shane Brown / www.shanebrownmusic.com

Find all GHT Overland podcasts at: https://ghtoverland.com/podcastsFor Overlanding Gear, visit https://ghtoverland.com/overlanding-gear-guideCarola and Stefano of Heimathafen.one (meaning Home Port) joined us from Northern Norway, aboard “Fred”, a converted MAN 16.232 4X4 container transport truck. Carola and Stefano are both from Hamburg, Germany now overlanding full time as digital nomads. We cover a lot of great topics from their truck, border crossings, finances and how they’re able to overland travel full-time while working. We knew when they described themselves as the Chill Commissioner and Social Officer, along with their dog as a Heartbreaker of the Lady Dogs; we were going to have a fun conversation. Join us in this two part episode for a fun conversation, packed with knowledge, experience and fun stories from their overland adventures.Website: https://heimathafen.one/deInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heimathafen.oneFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeimathafenOneFind Links and all show notes at: https://www.patreon.com/ghtoverland/postsMusic by Shane Brown / www.shanebrownmusic.com

Alexander Feldt has spent the last decade working as an Arctic guide both on land and on expedition cruise ships in Russia’s Far North and Northern Norway, as well as serving as a Park Ranger for the Russian Arctic National Park.   Originally from Arkhangelsk on Russia’s northern coast, he's spent his entire career focused on learning about and sharing his love for the history of this region. Along with his insight into the recent history of the area, hear his stories of when he was on the world's strongest icebreaker and they hit an iceberg larger than the ship itself, and of being stranded with 40 guests on land - in dense fog - right in the thick of polar bear country.  Photo: stranded in the fog at Cape Fligely Queue up today's podcast to get the inside scoop on this little known, and less-traveled part of our world.   HIGHLIGHTS   3:10 – How Alexander got started in his career as a Park Ranger  5:00 – The background of recently-developed tourism in the Russian High Arctic 8:00 – The only ways you can reach Franz Josef Land, one of the most remote archipelagos in the world 10:40 – There are only a handful of people who actually get to the Russian High Arctic each year - a truly exclusive and remote travel experience 13:30 – What it was like during the early days of tourism development (1990’s) and then the advent of the Russian Arctic National Park in 2011, with the first rangers starting to manage the human presence and maintain historical buildings 16:30 - The huge task of cleaning the Russian Arctic National Park from the leftovers of the military presence 18:50 – How the Park Rangers hitch a ride on the Icebreaker to “get to work” in this remote area 21:00 – On the development of guidelines to manage wildlife (polar bear) encounters based on AECO rules developed for Svalbard 23:00 – The critical importance of having park rangers with you in this remote and wild region 25:45 – How rangers deter polar bears when they are doing their conservation work on-site in the Park 30:00 – The challenges of managing a National Park that’s so huge and hard to monitor 32:00 – Alex shares a story of when the Russian Icebreaker 50 Years of Victory hit an iceberg that was higher than the icebreaker itself 36:00 – When Alex was stranded on land at the northernmost tip of Europe, Eurasia, and Russia at Cape Fligely in the fog with 40 passengers right in the thick of polar bear country 42:00 – Alexander’s “hobby” of protesting a landfill in Shies in the Russian North 50:00 – On the success of protests against landfills and the growing swell of support   LINKS The Russian North is Not A Dump (Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/poligonamnet/ Appeal to Leaders and Organizations in the Barents Region - https://www.facebook.com/poligonamnet/posts/492523018195851    AntArctic Stories is brought to you by Twin Tracks Expeditions - your experts in small-ship expedition cruises and unique adventures to the Arctic and Antarctica. We love sharing our insider knowledge to help you find your next polar adventure.   Find us on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/twintracks Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/twintracksexpeditions Our website - http://twintracksexpeditions.com

Our last full episode for season one of the hello X podcast will be in Norwegian, but fear not, you can find an english transcript of the episode if you scroll down to ‘English transcript, The innocents”. Christine will be back in a few weeks with a short 'podlet' with an update on the the AR story experience, climate strikes and more. Googler en bilder av ‘arktisk tundra' vil en kanskje med første øyekast tenke at “her finnes det ikke mye liv”. Men ser en litt nærmere, vil en finne et mangfold av dyr og planter. Noen av disse er truet på grunn av klimaendringer. Hva skjer hvis en art minsker i antall eller...forsvinner helt? Hva kan det gjøre med resten av økosystemet den er en del av? Kunstner Marit Landsend (keramiker basert på Troms Fylkeskultursenter, Tromsø) og forsker Dorothee Ehrich (Klimaøkologisk Obsersvasjonssystem for Arktisk Tundra - COAT, UiT) ønsker begge å utforske disse temaene, fra hvert sitt ståsted. Vi blir med de inn i en samtale om klimaendringer, fjellrev og smågnagere på den arktiske tundraen, og spør: hva kan vi mennesker gjøre?   LENKER FOR MER INFORMASJON Dorothee Ehrich: https://uit.no/om/enhet/ansatte/person?p_document_id=41186&p_dimension_id=88165 Marit Landsend: http://www.maritlandsend.no/file/Welcome.html COAT - Klimaøkologisk Observarsjonssystem for Arktisk Tundra: https://www.coat.no Arktiske arter kan dø ut: https://framsenteret.no/arkiv/arktiske-arter-kan-doe-ut-5062774-146437/ Smågnagere på tundraen: https://www.coat.no/Smagnagere Dyr og klimaendringer: https://www.wwf.no/klima-og-energi/dyr-og-klimaendringer https://www.miljostatus.no/tema/klima/klimainorge/klimaendringer-norsk-natur/ https://www.artsdatabanken.no/Rodliste/Klimaendringer https://www.miljostatus.no/isbjorn Filosof Arne Johan Vetlesen: https://morgenbladet.no/profil/arne-johan-vetlesen Polarrev/Arctic Fox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_fox Lemen/Lemming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming     ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT The innocents If you google pictures of ‘the Arctic tundra' you might think there's not much life in this part of the world. But if you look closer, you will find a diversity of animals and plants. Some of these are threatened because of climate change. What happens if a specie decreases in numbers or...disappears completely? What might that do to the ecosystem it is a part of? Artist Marit Landsend (based at Troms Fylkeskultursenter, Tromsø, Northern Norway) and researcher Dorothee Ehrich (working for COAT, UiT) both have a wish to explore these topics. We join them in a conversation about climate change, polar foxes and lemmings on the Arctic tundra, and ask: What can we humans do? DOROTHEE: ...it takes time, and we humans are creatures of habit. MARIT: We're also very greedy. It's the greedy side of humans that has created this, I believe. DOROTHEE :Yes, greedy and lazy. I mean, I drove here today, because I was too lazy. There you have it. MARIT: (laughs) Yes, there we have it. NARRATOR: Hello X and welcome to a new episode of the hello X podcast! I'm Anneli Stiberg. In this episode, you'll meet artist Marit Landsend and scientist Dorothee Eirich, who I invited to talk to me about climate change. Both of them deal with human-induced environmental changes in their respective works, but each of them from their particular perspective. I was curious to learn more about which projects they were working on. I remember hearing about Marit's project with the animals in Norway that change colours and how climate change is affecting them. That made me stop and think, and I wanted to hear more about it. When meeting Dorothee during a public event at Fram - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, I thought it would be interesting to hear from her perspective as well, as a researcher with a special interest in arctic ecosystems. Fast forward to a few months ago, when the three of us sat down here at Kysten for a conversation that includes, among others, lemming, polar fox, ceramics, gratefulness and adaptation. DOROTHEE: My name is Dorothee Ehrich and I work as a scientist at the University of Tromsø, at the institute of arctic and marine biology. For the last years I've been working on a project, COAT - Climate-ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra. The goal is to build an observatory, which isn't an actual building, but a knowledge institution that does research on how the tundra ecosystem changes with climate change and what the most important drivers are...and what kind of management measures are needed to manage the ecosystems in the best possible way. NARRATOR: Dorothee is originally from Switzerland, and I was wondering what brought her so far North. DOROTHEE: I've heard from many that once you've been to the Arctic, you either love it or hate it. After I went to the Siberian part of the Arctic as a student, I was always thinking of how I could get back. I wanted to live above the Arctic circle and then I moved to Tromsø. MARIT: My name is Marit Landsend. I work as a ceramist here in Tromsø. For the last years I've worked on a project, “The innocents”. It's my way of working with my environmental interest. This is something I want to do, like so many others. NARRATOR:Dorothee isn't the only one who chose Tromsø as her second home. Marit tells me about why she moved from the south of Norway to the north. MARIT: It was because of family...I never thought I would stay here. It was trial period and I just stayed longer. I liked it more and more. Originally, I come from a farm in the countryside, in Valdres. Nature has always been close to my heart. It's the most important thing to me. I've lived in cities for longer periods. Coming here was kind of like coming home, back to nature. Through my project I've become more conscious of that we humans are part of nature. We believe that when we live in cities we are apart from nature, but we aren't, because everything in the city is also nature. NARRATOR: With her project The Innocents, Marit chose to focus on the five animals in Norway who change colours in the winter: ptarmigan, polarfox, least weasel, ermine and hare. These animals are more vulnerable now because of climate change, and that's what Marit wanted to highlight in her work. MARIT: I talked with scientists at the University, because I was wondering why these animals were changing color. I thought it had something to do with the snow. They told me that it's the darkness that makes them change. Because of hormones. They'll change color whether or not the snow comes...when it gets darker in winter. Then, they become easier prey for carnivores, easier to spot. I thought this was interesting. The environmental changes happen faster than the animals manage to adapt to. NARRATOR: In the beginning her art project took the shape of two boxes placed in the exhibition space, one black and one white. The black one was made of plastic, which also smelled quite bad. Inside that dark, black box, she placed plexiglass boxes in which animals made in ceramics were ‘trapped'. This represented the bad side of humans. On the other hand, the white box… MARIT: The white room, the snow world, the natural world. A table with a white cloth with all these white birds. It's a symbol of the balance of nature. It's from the nature we get our food. That's why there's this table there. It's not about the birds, but about nature. There needs to be seasons, so we get food on the table. NARRATOR: The main point of intersection between Dorothee and Marit is that Dorothee's research is also linked to the challenges that climate change pose to the Arctic fauna. She works primarily with the tundra. DOROTHEE: The tundra is the mountain plateau or northern Arctic plateau, meaning the areas that are north of or above the tree line. We work mostly with the Arctic tundra, the area north of the tree line. On the mainland of Norway, you'll find most of it in east of finnmark, in Varangerhalvøya. NARRATOR: There are many animals that live on the tundra, everything from small insects to bigger animals, like reindeer and moskus. But we're about to hear about one animal in particular, who used to spend its winters relatively safe under the thick layer of snow until global warming started threatening its survival, as Dorothee tells me. DOROTHEE: Very important animals are the small rodents, especially the lemming. It's called a keystone specie. It's a herbivore, and if you think of it in terms of food webs, the lemming connects the plants with the predators. It eats plants and is also a desirable food source for the predators. During winter time it's very active, living under the snow. At the bottom, you can find a layer of crumbled snow. This layer is created due to heat from the earth and when the layer above is very cold, the water molecules evaporate and rise, making the snow crumble. This creates a nice space for the lemming, where it can move around, find plants and get protection from predators. The lemmings need this to increase in population, because the summers are short, with predators hunting them. Least weasel and ermine also lives under the snow and hunts the lemming, but most predators move away during winter time, and snow owl and polar fox don't manage to get a hold of the lemming so easily when the lemming is protected by the snow. That's why the snow is important. What we are observing now is that periods of mild weather is happening more and more often. It rains so much that the rain goes all the way through the snow and to the ground. The water freezes on the ground and the lemming gets trapped in small areas and can not get to the plants. They then move to the top of the snow to go to other areas, but then they are vulnerable to predators, or can freeze to death. NARRATOR: And since the lemming's population is directly affected by climate change, this also means that the entire ecosystem is in turn affected, like the polar fox. DOROTHEE: This has been a huge problem for the polar fox population on the mainland of Norway. The polar fox is usually a very flexible specie. You find it everywhere in the Arctic. It can utilize all kinds of food sources. The polar foxes on Svalbard manage well without lemming. But, on the mainland of Norway you've got a lot of other predators, like the red fox, which is much stronger and bigger than the polar fox. It takes over. At the Varangerhalvøya by the sea, you will find only red foxes. So, in Norway the polar fox will only manage in the places which are too harsh for the red fox. There's two things that endanger the polar fox, the increase of red foxes and fewer years with high population of lemming. MARIT: Everybody should know about this. When you explain about the lemming, I'm thinking “This is serious!”. It's horrible to think about it. There're so many things we don't know...if people only knew...I think many people would be engaged and understand that this has something to do with the way we live our lives. I often think, “Why aren't we happy with what we have?” Why do we feel the need to have everything? What if we could find a way to be happy with what we got. Just be happy to have enough food, not starve, to be warm, have a place to live….this is what's ruining our world. So many in the world can't even imagine being able to take an airplane somewhere. It's unthinkable, due to lack of money… DOROTHEE: And the thing is, they also have the right to do this at least once in their lifetime. The big paradox is, on the one hand, we want growth for everybody, but on the other hand, the kind of growth we have now...it's not sustainable. MARIT: No, I wonder why…. DOROTHEE: We live in a world where there's an abundance of information, so many facts. We as scientists produce mostly facts. I think people read what we write and just turn to the next page. I think most people have quite a lot of knowledge about climate change...but, I think people protect themselves, because it's really frightening. It's easier to think about the plans for the evening, instead of….I do the same. It's really sad what's happening, and maybe we have the feeling that we can't really do anything about, at this moment. NARRATOR: Hearing Dorothee and Marit exchange so many interesting reflections about changes to the environment, the complex connections in an ecosystem and the feelings it may trigger in people, I'm brought back to the idea of adaptation. What about animals, for example the polar fox, do they have a chance to adapt to the fast changes that are taking place now? DOROTHEE: When it comes to the polar fox on the mainland we don't see any adaptations, unfortunately. We're trying to implement conservation measures and at the Varangerhalvøya, the polar fox would have become extinct if we hadn't helped it. It didn't manage to adapt. Other places, like at Svalbard, the polar fox manages quite well. If there's no food on the sea ice, because the sea ice is gone, it'll find other kinds of food by the coastline. Maybe it has stored bird eggs in the ground. They're good at adapting…. MARIT: So, it has basically put the eggs in a freezer. DOROTHEE: Yes, they do this all the time. MARIT: Clever. DOROTHEE: I think it's interesting…animals can adapt in different ways. Either they have a certain behaviour or physiological reaction...if the temperature changes, they can change behaviour or change their fur. They can do this within a certain frame, which is genetically decided. Then, it's also genetically decided that they can't change beyond this. Some things aren't very flexible. They've discovered, like you mentioned, that the time in which animals can change the color of their fur or feathers, like hares and ptarmigans, is not flexible. If you consider a longer time span...there are variations concerning individuals within a population. Through evolution, a more flexible or phenotypic plasticity, which it is called, they can increase the time span of change...this takes a lot of time though. NARRATOR: Dorothee insists that many variables play a role in the capacity of species to adapt to the fast changes that global warming has triggered. And one factor that is as important as it is still uncertain, is the degree to which temperatures will rise in coming years. DOROTHEE: Especially here in the north, a rise in 1,5 or 2 degrees, it has a very different effect depending on where it's on the temperature scale. For example, if the winter temperature changes from -15 to -13, it doesn't really have a big impact on the ecosystem...but, if it changes from -1 to +1, it changes a lot. That limit where the water melts is really important. MARIT: Do you think we can stop this? DOROTHEE: I hope we can slow it down. I had hoped more would have come out of this conference...was it in Krakow?...anyway, there's a lot of people who have the will to make a change. We just have to support them, repeat and talk about why this is so important. We need to do something. We can't say that it doesn't help. The temperature will increase, we can't stop it, but we'll have to try and slow it down as much as possible. We need drastic political decisions. NARRATOR: The question that remains is...what can we do? Why are we as a society and as individuals so slow to react? MARIT: It's obvious that we as humans have a lot to do with this. We're controlling our consumption and demand. All the things we produce…if we stop demanding it, there won't be any production. DOROTHEE: Yes, it's interesting to think about what is happening concerning the issue of plastic in the ocean. Because it's been visible in the media, so frequently, the consciousness surrounding it has grown quite a lot. This has lead to national measures, things have stopped being produced. Many people have stopped using plastic bags. All this have evoked changes of behaviour. Climate change is a more complex issue. The polar bear floating on a piece of ice has been used a lot in the media, but...it doesn't have the same effect on people's behaviour. It's interesting to think about why this is the case. MARIT:Yes. When the computer became standard in most private homes, people were talking about not having to fly all the time, because we could just skype, to save the environment. But we don't to stop...we want to fly too. DOROTHEE: Yes, but in our jobs we try to use video conferences more and more. I believe that as long as it is as cheap as it is now, people will continue to fly. MARIT: They need to turn up the prices... DOROTHEE: I do the same. Especially here in north, we don't have that many options. MARIT: The alternative is to stay home. Go on mountain hikes and be happy with this (laughs) NARRATOR: Besides the material actions we can take, Marit also shares the idea that gratitude can make a difference in building a more sustainable future. MARIT: If you think about it in a philosophical or artistic way, or poetic...do we show gratitude to the organisms that give up their life to give us life? All the time something is killed so that we can get food. It's in a way fantastic...or strange...that this is how it is. Animals eat each other. We eat animals and plants. I feel that we've forgotten how to be grateful for this. In my childhood we had to give thanks before eating. To show respect and humility for what we had, both for the food and for everything else. Maybe this kind of attitude is needed. DOROTHEE: Maybe this would have given us a greater respect in terms of taking care of our resources. To not waste so much. MARIT: It was unheard of before, to throw away food. At least where I was growing up. Probably all over Norway. Before the oil. I try to be happy for what I've got. DOROTHEE: It's a nice idea, but...I'm a mother of two teenagers...it's a difficult to convey to them; “We've used up all the resources. You just have to be grateful for what you have”. I believe it's better to convey the message in a different way. Maybe to say “We've destroyed a lot. You have to create a new society, build something new. Use more sustainable methods”. I think it's difficult for young people to be grateful for what they have. It's we who have seen and done most things in life who is able to sit here and say these things. NARRATOR: What inspired me about both Marit and Dorothee is that they feel a responsibility to play their part in fighting against global warming, not only in their private lives but also in their profession. They highlight the role that artists and researches can play and the synergy they can build together. DOROTHEE: Some of the reasons for why people do so little, is because knowledge is not conveyed correctly. Me as a natural scientist might not be the best person...maybe you as an artist...there's also social scientists who work on these issues. How to convey a message in the best way, so that people take action? MARIT: We need all the good forces we have. Each in its own way. I was attending a very inspiring lecture by a philosopher, Arne Johan Vetlesen. He is very engaged in environmental issues. His lecture was called: “Why do we do so little, when we know so much?”. He believed that artists could do a lot. He thought that scientists need to focus more on outreach, using a popular language. Scientists talk and share their research, but it might not be understood by others than scientists. He believed that art could awaken people, at the same time as we need both art and science. When I listen to you talk, it's really inspiring. Really. DOROTHEE: I also think it's interesting. MARIT: It should reach out to people... NARRATOR: Thanks for listening to the next to last episode of season 1. Next month, Christine Cynn will tell you about the production of X50, the new augmented reality story experience where you can play X in 2070 in downtown Tromsø this autumn. Christine speaks with guest artists Emma Tornero and Steven Keeler who are making images for X50 and who also talk about taking part in Extinction Rebellion's occupation of London in April. Until then, follow us on facebook (hello X) and our website hellox.me. See you around!   CREDITS En spesiell takk til Marit Landsend og Dorothee Ehrich Hello X sine partnere inkluderer: Tromsø kommune Polaria Arven etter Nansen Nordnorsk kunstmuseum Framsenteret - Nordområde­senter for klima- og miljøforskning med sine flaggskip Effekter av klimaendringer, fjord og kyst Klimaeffekter på landskap, samfunn og urfolk Miljøkonsekvenser av næringsaktivitet i nord Miljøgifter - effekter på økosystemer og helse Havisen i Polhavet, teknologi og styringssystemer Musikk av Metatag og Lothar Ohlmeier/Isambard Khroustaliov på Not applicable Ice-9 er støttet av: Norsk Kulturråd Sparebank Nord-Norge Fritt Ord Innovasjon Norge KORO - kunst i offentlig rom Hello X er produsert av Ice-9, med: Christine Cynn, Anneli Stiberg og Valentin Manz. Produsenter inkluderer Marina Borovaya og Annika Wistrøm. Lydmix av Nathanael Gustin. Digital design av Ismet Bachtiar Historiegenerator er utviklet av Furkle Industries

This week, Felicia is chatting with Dianna Walla, a knitwear designer currently based in Montreal, Canada. Originally from the United States, Dianna has also lived in Northern Norway for 2 years. The nordic region continues to have a strong influence on her work and she is especially inspired by stranded colourwork in Norwegian knitting. She's created  many colourwork patterns for magazines, yarn companies, yarn stores, and her own brand: Paper Tiger. She also creates videos dealing with colourwork and related topics on the Paper Tiger YouTube channel. Please join Felicia and Dianna as they discuss revitalizing colourwork knitting in modern aesthetics.  “The hardest thing is figuring out what to relinquish control of, because sometimes when you end up working for yourself it's because you like to… have control over what you're doing and as soon as you hand it off to somebody else you're… trusting them with this piece of your work which matters a lot to you… But it makes a big difference… ” – Dianna Walla on the pros and cons of outsourcing aspects of knitwear design In this episode, we talk about: 1:57 Dianna discusses how she came to love knitting 3:23 How did Dianna expand her knitting skills? 5:30 How did Dianna get into knitwear design 7:00 Digital or analog designing: which does Dianna prefer? 8:33 Discussing the balance between Dianna's creative world and academic world and the complications of translating knitting patterns 13:05 How to go about becoming a knitwear designer 16:00 How does Dianna find balance between photography, creating tutorial videos, marketing, and all the other aspects of being a self-published knitwear designer 18:42  The differences between Dianna's two blogs: Cake and Vikings and Paper Tiger 23:19 What trends are currently being seen on social media in regards to knitwear design 25:52 Dianna describes Norwegian style colourwork knitting, why she loves it, and how she uses it in her designs 29:29 Felicia and Dianna discuss yarn selection regarding colourwork knitting 33:33 How do you help customers find colours that work for them and work well together? 38:04 What Dianna is exploring right now 40:08 Is there anything Dianna knows now that she wishes she had known when she started? 41:42 Where to find Dianna online 42:33 Felicia's Final Notes   Here's Where You Can Find Dianna: Instagram: @cakeandvikings Website: www.paper-tiger.net YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/PaperTiger   Thanks for Listening! Thank you so much for joining us this episode! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your fellow fibre art friends. And if you like what we're doing here, please leave a rating and review on iTunes for the show. We read each and every email and bit of feedback, whether it's on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, so we welcome your comments. Thank you all so much for your continued support of our show! Until next time, enjoy colour!   Music Credits: Playbook of Happiness – by RimskyMusic Click to subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Stitcher Radio Subscribe on Spotify

How do you feel...now, dig deep...how do you FEEL about a world without polar bears, bees or whales? How much should we care about the decline of seagulls who annoy us at outdoor cafés? Are we all in the same boat? Listen to scientists and others philosophizing, talking science and emotions at Fritt Fram, an open day at FRAM - the high north research centre for climate and the environment, in Tromsø, Northern Norway.In this episode we meet Rosemary, Ken and Katherine from the UK chatting and laughing about turning 70, about the past, future and being in the same boat. We talk to marine biologist Pedro Duarte (Norwegian Polar Institute and member of Fram flagship on Sea Ice), dancer Mathilda Caeyers and producer Marina Borovaya (Ice-9) about whales, climate change and species disappearing. We talk about the link between science, art and emotions.Pedro brings up the neuroscientist Antonio Damasio @damasiousc, who wrote ‘Descartes Error', where he demonstrates that emotions are essential to rational thinking and normal social behaviour. Links:Blue whale: physical description, behaviour, history and recovery of populations: http://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/cetaceans/about/blue_whale/Trailer to the theatre play ‘Sykle i snøstorm', at Hålogaland theatre in Tromsø (referred to by Marina): https://youtu.be/_oeyCR2D_CkDescartes Error, by (neuroscientist) Antonio Damasio: https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Error-Emotion-Reason-Human/dp/014303622X Credits: HelloX partners include:Tromsø municipalityThe Nansen legacy research projectThe North Norwegian Art MuseumNorwegian art councilSparebanken KulturnæringsstiftelsenFram - the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment with it's flagships:1. Environmental impact of industrial development in the north (MIKON)2. Effects of climate change on sea and coastal ecology in the north3.Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, technology and agreements,4.Hazardous substances – effects on ecosystems and human health,5.Effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, landscapes, society and indigenous peoplesMusic by MetatagHello X is supported by:The Norwegian art council,Sparebank Northern Norway,The free speach foundationInnovation Norway  Koro -public art norway.   Hello x is produced by Ice-9, with:Christine Cynn, Anneli Stiberg and Valentin Manz.Associate producers include Marina Borovaya and Annika Wistrøm.Sound mix by Nathanael Gustin.Digital design by Ismet Bachtiar Storygenerator developed by Furkle Industries  

Will your grandkids build only digital sandcastles? What ghosts may roam the riverbanks of tomorrow's virtual nature? Hear Sami-language novelist Sigbjørn Skåden and game designer Ismet Bachtiar and host Christine Cynn how the idea of virtual nature entered the X fiction world, now being developed for publication in 2019. Personalize a scenario with the online story generator on the hello X WRITE page at https://hellox.me/write/ Virtual nature was originally proposed by writer Sigbjørn Skåden as a substitute for the actual outdoors for X in 2068 in Northern Norway. Ismet and Christine are currently setting a new short story within the fictional virtual nature for an augmented reality story experience X50, to be launched in central Tromsø autumn 2019. Listen to the three discuss privatization, sea level rise, nostalgia and loss in the Arctic. We discuss what places we might like to upload into virtual nature for X, and the stories attached to these places. Virtual nature is one element in a fiction world being developed in experimental story workshops with writers, artists, scientists and young people in Northern Norway and internationally. The first story experiments date back to 2011 and became intensive in 2016 as the core project of the startup arts/media organization Ice-9 in Tromsø, Northern Norway. For more information listen to episode 1: Who is X? and read ABOUT hello X and Ice-9 here.   More from Sigbørn Skåden on the ghost children that live on the riverbanks by his childhood home in Northern Norway (from https://www.versopolis-poetry.com/poet/67/sigbjrn-skden) Notes From a Backwoods Saami Core (from 19 to 24)Note 19Down by a place where two rivers meet there is a meadow. If the time is right he who passes here will hear infants crying. These are the unwanted new-borns, left here to die by a desperate father or mother. Every seventh year these children return to the place where they were abandoned. We call them eahpádusak, human apocrypha trapped between existing and never having existed. That is why they return. That is why they cry. Only by performing an ancient baptising ritual all may be alleviated. Only then it will all be over.   Original text prepared for a workshop with teenagers in Longyearbyen, Svalbard October 2018 by Sigbjørn Skåden with performance maker Leo Kay (UK). More about the development of this character and scenario in the hello X MEET forum: X is a young woman, 23 years of age. She lives in a town by the sea. X is single, but shares a three bedroom flat with two other people. Her work is an administrative officer position at the local branch of a global clean water resource company called Mountain Fresh. The company owns all lakes and waterways in the region surrounding X's town, and clean water is being carried in pipes down to the seashore and pumped onto tanker ships that transport Mountain Fresh clean water to destinations around the world.Question 1: What would X be like if you were to decide? Describe her in 3 words.Question 2: How does X feel about being single?Question 3: What is it like to work for Mountain Fresh?X's town is governed and regulated by the municipality, but in addition to the surrounding water resources Mountain Fresh has bought up all land in a huge belt completely surrounding the town, so every passing in and out of town by train, bus or car is taxed by the company. If you however travel by air you avoid the Mountain Fresh travel tax, so air travel is cheaper and preferred by most people in town even for relatively short distances. Also the sea has not yet been opened for private ownership, so it is possible to travel for free by boat to places outside the Mountain Fresh Belt, by locals simply referred to as “The Belt”. But boats are in demand, and thus expensive.X is an only child and was not raised in the town where she lives, so she has no family there. Her parents live in a smaller township 25 minutes away by mini plane, 1 hour by train, 1,5 hours by bus. When X goes travelling outside The Belt it is most often to visit her parents.(Consult X's economy below to answer questions)Question 4: How does X travel when she goes outside The Belt?Question 5: How often does X go to visit her parents?Question 6: What are X's parents' jobs?X adores nature. “Nature” is also the name of a nature reserve developed by Mountain Fresh, a part of the The Belt that has not been developed for industry. Here it is possible to experience unspoiled nature, there are spots for camping, a lush forest with loads of paths and also a lake and a river that haven't been piped. Since X works for Mountain Fresh she gets discounted tickets for Nature. She also has access to a nature VR app, that offers a copy of Nature in The Belt as one of the options. It almost feels like being in nature for real, the only thing the app lacks is a smell function.Question 7: How often does X go to real “Nature”?Question 8: What is X's favourite destination in the VR nature app?Question 9: How does nature feel when there is no smell?X goes for walks in town, most often down to the shore. Sometimes she buys a wrap and a bottle of water from one of the vending machines on the shore and just sits there looking out to sea. When X was little there used to be seagulls everywhere, but now there are almost no seagulls left. The seagulls that have survived have all moved into towns, and there is actually a pack of 10-12 seagulls still in X's town. But they behave weirdly, not at all like seagulls behave in her nature app. They move in packs, like wolves used to do, and normally you don't see them at all, but if they suddenly appear where you happen to be they have been known to attack people, especially if they walk alone. When X goes to the sea shore she always carries a solid umbrella, even if it doesn't rain. But it rains pretty often anyway.Question 10: What is the content of X's favourite vending machine wrap?Question 11: What does X think about seagulls?Question 12: What have the locals named the pack of seagulls that hang out in town?Question 13: What other things could X do in her spare time and what would it cost?X's economyThe currency X uses is the global currency bitcoins. Bitcoins are split into centibicoins and then into millibitcoins.Bitcoin value in 20681 bitcoin = 100.000 old Norwegian kroner. (ONC)1 centibitcoin (1/100 bitcoin) = 1000 old Norwegian kroner.1 millibitcoin (1/1000 bitcoin) = 100 old Norwegian kroner.EarningsX's yearly wages: 10 bitcoinsExpenses X must payYearly rent: 5 bitcoinsYearly food expenses: 4 bitcoinsThings X might buy (she needs to prioritize)A small private boat: 25 bitcoinsA small private car: 1 bitcoinMF tax for cars driving through “The Belt”: 5 centibitcoinsFlight to parents' town: 2 centibitcoinsTrain to parents' town: 7 centibitcoinsBus to parents' town: 5 centibitcoinsOne day in “Nature”, MF company discount: 25 centibitcoinsVR equipment for nature app: 1 centibitcoinYearly subscription to nature app: 5 millibitcoinsWalk to seashore: FreeUmbrella: 5 millibitcoinsVending machine wrap: 2 millibitcoinsHalf litre bottle of Mountain Fresh water: 1 centibitcoin LINKS: More writing from Sigbjørn Skåden: https://www.versopolis-poetry.com/poet/67/sigbjrn-skden About Ismet Bachtiar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ismet-bachtiar-4532a051/ Personalize an X story on https://hellox.me/write/ https://www.facebook.com/message2X/videos/1939985352744254  

Which seabird resembles Evil Knevil or Karl Lagerfeld? In 2068, will X and your grandkids meet kittiwakes, guillemots, and eider ducks only in virtual nature? Hear Framsenteret biologists Jan Ove Bustnes and Tone Reiertsen describe how seabirds translate changes in the flow of energy and life in marine ecosystems. Are we listening? Virtual Nature part 1 explores how climate change is impacting birds on remote Arctic island nesting sites of circumpolar seabirds. The idea for virtual nature was proposed by the hello X creative team as a substitute for going outdoors, and a way to commemorate places and animals, like many populations of seabirds, that are currently in decline. In Virtual Nature part 2, you will hear a conversation between host and hello X creative director Christine Cynn with novelist Sigbjorn Skåden and game designer Ismet Bachtiar about the genesis and meaning of virtual nature in the X fiction world (now in development). We will hear stories from two researchers who have spent their lifetimes studying guillemots, eider ducks, kittiwakes, among other species. Jan Ove Bustnes (working for NINA-Norwegian Inst. for Nature Research affiliated with the Fram Centre flagship project on Hazardous Substances) and Tone Reiertsen (NINA and Fram flagship project on ‘Effects of climate change on coastal ecology in the North). Listen as Jan Ove and Tone speak about their experiences on Bjørnøya (Bear Island) at the far end of the Svalbard Archipeligo in the Barents Sea, and Hornøya (Horn Island) on the far northern shore of the Norwegian mainland. Prefer a version without English overdub of Norwegian speech? See our bonus version with NO English overdub;) Watch this video! ‘X saves the Kittwake' hello X animation by Ice-9 artist Valentin Manz with music by Coda to Coda. Kids from the north and south of Norway tell the story of how X meets her grandmother's avatar in virtual nature, and saves a kittiwake who eats plastic. On the hello X youtube channel. VIRTUAL NATURE 2068: X chats with grandma's avatar in virtual nature about cleaning up the ocean   'Geirdodo' patron saint of extinct birds circa 2068. Collage by Valentin Manz IN CONVERSATION WITH JAN OVE BUSTNES AND TONE REIERTSEN (with chalkboards-Christine is obsessed with them-no more stickies!)   VIDEO OF GUILLEMOT PARENT WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG (courtesy of Tone Reiertsen) https://youtu.be/0aHlraYL39w LINKS Norwegian Climate and Environment Dept on seabirds: http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/en/Areas-of-activity1/Species-and-ecosystems/Seabirds/ Norwegian coast and Douglas Adams https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/a-thousand-miles-of-norways-lovely-crinkly-edges-49047.html   BEAR ISLAND Bears visit Bear Island (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/bjornoya-fikk-bjornebesok-1.10958132 Bjørnøya dyreliv (Norwegian) http://cruise-handbook.npolar.no/no/bjornoya/wildlife.html Birdlife International factsheet on Bear Island (Bjørnøya) http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8ya-(bear-island)-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway)/details   GUILLEMOTS / HORNØYA Pictures courtesy of Tone Reiertsen             VIDEO! SEE GUILLEMOTS ‘FLY' UNDERWATERGuillemots diving near Hornøya, Northern Norway https://www.nrk.no/video/PS*270032 Common guillemot description NP http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-guillemot.html guillemot/lomvi factsheet from the Norwegian Inst. on Nature Research http://www2.artsdatabanken.no/faktaark/Faktaark2.pdf Incredible diving capacity of guillemots and other diving birds https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v102n02/p0293-p0297.pdf Guillemot call (British Museum/wikimedia) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Guillemot_(Uria_aalge)_(W1CDR0001424_BD6).ogg https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/why-do-baby-guillemots-jump-off-cliffs-before-they-can-even-fly/ https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a1f-d3cb-a96c-7b1faa890000 Where do guillemots go in the winter? (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/avslorer-lomviens-vinterhemmelighet-1.11273128 Great auk wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk Long interesting article from a conference on capelin (small fish): https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjD8OLZwtTeAhXIs1kKHalLBa8QFjAJegQIBxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Ficesjms%2Farticle-pdf%2F59%2F5%2F863%2F6756499%2F59-5-863.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3nE2WSUM9J2FkM8I9YmE2W   EIDER DUCKS http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-eider.html http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpl/organisms/birds/marine/ducks/comEider.htm Documentary on eider ducks and the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Canada's Hudson Bay http://www.peopleofafeather.com/   MAN WHO ATE AIRPLANE Man who ate an airplane http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67621-strangest-diet Man who ate airplane x-ray photo http://www.u2know.com/michel-lotito-the-man-with-a-strange-diet-aid-146   KITTIWAKE Kittiwakes in trouble https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/cliffs-lying-barren-why-we-cant-afford-ignore-kittiwake-crash https://www.artsdatabanken.no/Pages/186674 (norsk) Credits This episode of hello X was co-produced with Fram - the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment with it's flagships: Effects of climate change on sea and coastal ecology in the north Hazardous substances – effects on ecosystems and human health Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, technology and agreements Effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, landscapes, society and indigenous peoples Environmental impact of industrial development in the north (MIKON)   With support from the Norwegian Arts Council hello X theme Music by Metatag on Hel Audio http://www.helaudio.org/artists/metatag/ Episode music is by Theta (specially composed for this episode. Tusen takk!) https://thetasounds.wordpress.com/ Artists contributing to the ‘The Piper Colobocentratus Purple-tipped Echinometra Plinthocelium, A Not Applicable Compilation' including tracks by: Leverton Fox, Alex Bonney / Isambard Khroustaliov / Tolga Tüzün, Tangents, Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Khroustaliov, Ben + Zamyatin Link to album page https://www.not-applicable.org/?p=2050 Bonus track! ‘Fear of Mapping (Maurizio Ravalico's Left Handed Marching Army version) - Fiium Shaarrk : from ‘Versions, Remixes and Mashups' on Not Applicable Hello X is supported by: Sparebank Northern Norway the free speech foundation Innovation Norway Koro -public art norway   Ice-9 partners and affiliates include: Tromsø municipality https://www.tromso.kommune.no/arktisk-hovedstad.460300.no.html The Nansen legacy research project https://arvenetternansen.com/ The North Norwegian Art Museum https://www.nnkm.no/ Hello x is produced by Ice-9, with Christine Cynn, Anneli Stiberg, Valentin Manz. Associate producers include Marina Borovaya and Annika Wistrøm. Sound mix by Nathanael Gustin. Digital design by Ismet Bachtiar Storygenerator developed by Furkle Industries Find out more about hello X here https://hellox.me/about/      

(*NORSK/ENG versjon) Which seabird resembles Evil Knevil or Karl Lagerfeld? In 2068, will X and your grandkids meet kittiwakes, guillemots, and eider ducks only in virtual nature? Hear Framsenteret biologists Jan Ove Bustnes and Tone Reiertsen describe how seabirds translate changes in the flow of energy and life in marine ecosystems. Are we listening? Virtual Nature part 1 explores how climate change is impacting birds on remote Arctic island nesting sites of circumpolar seabirds. The idea for virtual nature was proposed by the hello X creative team as a substitute for going outdoors, and a way to commemorate places and animals, like many populations of seabirds, that are currently in decline. In Virtual Nature part 2, you will hear a conversation between host and hello X creative director Christine Cynn with novelist Sigbjorn Skåden and game designer Ismet Bachtiar about the genesis and meaning of virtual nature in the X fiction world (now in development). We will hear stories from two researchers who have spent their lifetimes studying guillemots, eider ducks, kittiwakes, among other species. Jan Ove Bustnes (working for NINA-Norwegian Inst. for Nature Research affiliated with the Fram Centre flagship project on Hazardous Substances) and Tone Reiertsen (NINA and Fram flagship project on ‘Effects of climate change on coastal ecology in the North). Listen as Jan Ove and Tone speak about their experiences on Bjørnøya (Bear Island) at the far end of the Svalbard Archipeligo in the Barents Sea, and Hornøya (Horn Island) on the far northern shore of the Norwegian mainland. Prefer a version without English overdub of Norwegian speech? See our bonus version with NO English overdub;) Watch this video! ‘X saves the Kittwake' hello X animation by Ice-9 artist Valentin Manz with music by Coda to Coda. Kids from the north and south of Norway tell the story of how X meets her grandmother's avatar in virtual nature, and saves a kittiwake who eats plastic. On the hello X youtube channel. VIRTUAL NATURE 2068: X chats with grandma's avatar in virtual nature about cleaning up the ocean   'Geirdodo'-patron saint of extinct birds 2068 (collage by Valentin Manz) Prefer a version without English overdub of Norwegian speech? See our bonus version with NO English overdub;) IN CONVERSATION WITH JAN OVE BUSTNES AND TONE REIERTSEN (with chalkboards-Christine is obsessed with them-no more stickies!) VIDEO OF GUILLEMOT PARENT WITH FOOD FOR YOUNG (courtesy of Tone Reiertsen) https://youtu.be/0aHlraYL39w LINKS Norwegian Climate and Environment Dept on seabirds: http://www.miljodirektoratet.no/en/Areas-of-activity1/Species-and-ecosystems/Seabirds/ Norwegian coast and Douglas Adams https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/a-thousand-miles-of-norways-lovely-crinkly-edges-49047.html   BEAR ISLAND Bears visit Bear Island (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/bjornoya-fikk-bjornebesok-1.10958132 Bjørnøya dyreliv (Norwegian) http://cruise-handbook.npolar.no/no/bjornoya/wildlife.html Birdlife International factsheet on Bear Island (Bjørnøya) http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8ya-(bear-island)-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway)/details   GUILLEMOTS / HORNØYA   VIDEO! SEE GUILLEMOTS ‘FLY' UNDERWATERGuillemots diving near Hornøya, Northern Norway https://www.nrk.no/video/PS*270032 Common guillemot description NP http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-guillemot.html guillemot/lomvi factsheet from the Norwegian Inst. on Nature Research http://www2.artsdatabanken.no/faktaark/Faktaark2.pdf Incredible diving capacity of guillemots and other diving birds https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v102n02/p0293-p0297.pdf Guillemot call (British Museum/wikimedia) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Guillemot_(Uria_aalge)_(W1CDR0001424_BD6).ogg https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/animal-behaviour/why-do-baby-guillemots-jump-off-cliffs-before-they-can-even-fly/ https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a1f-d3cb-a96c-7b1faa890000 Where do guillemots go in the winter? (Norwegian) https://www.nrk.no/troms/avslorer-lomviens-vinterhemmelighet-1.11273128 Great auk wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk Long interesting article from a conference on capelin (small fish): https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjD8OLZwtTeAhXIs1kKHalLBa8QFjAJegQIBxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.oup.com%2Ficesjms%2Farticle-pdf%2F59%2F5%2F863%2F6756499%2F59-5-863.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3nE2WSUM9J2FkM8I9YmE2W   EIDER DUCKS http://www.npolar.no/en/species/common-eider.html http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpl/organisms/birds/marine/ducks/comEider.htm Documentary on eider ducks and the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Canada's Hudson Bay http://www.peopleofafeather.com/   MAN WHO ATE AIRPLANE Man who ate an airplane http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67621-strangest-diet Man who ate airplane x-ray photo http://www.u2know.com/michel-lotito-the-man-with-a-strange-diet-aid-146   KITTIWAKE Tone Reiertsen on kittiwakes in Fram Forum magazine ( in Norwegian) Kittiwakes in trouble https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/cliffs-lying-barren-why-we-cant-afford-ignore-kittiwake-crash https://www.artsdatabanken.no/Pages/186674 (norsk) Credits This episode of hello X was co-produced with Fram - the High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment with it's flagships: Effects of climate change on sea and coastal ecology in the north Hazardous substances – effects on ecosystems and human health Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, technology and agreements Effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, landscapes, society and indigenous peoples Environmental impact of industrial development in the north (MIKON)   With support from the Norwegian Arts Council hello X theme Music by Metatag on Hel Audio http://www.helaudio.org/artists/metatag/ Episode music is by Theta (specially composed for this episode. Tusen takk!) https://thetasounds.wordpress.com/ Artists contributing to the ‘The Piper Colobocentratus Purple-tipped Echinometra Plinthocelium, A Not Applicable Compilation' including tracks by: Leverton Fox, Alex Bonney / Isambard Khroustaliov / Tolga Tüzün, Tangents, Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Khroustaliov, Ben + Zamyatin Link to album page https://www.not-applicable.org/?p=2050 Bonus track! ‘Fear of Mapping (Maurizio Ravalico's Left Handed Marching Army version) - Fiium Shaarrk : from ‘Versions, Remixes and Mashups' on Not Applicable Hello X is supported by: Sparebank Northern Norway the free speech foundation Innovation Norway Koro -public art norway   Ice-9 partners and affiliates include: Tromsø municipality https://www.tromso.kommune.no/arktisk-hovedstad.460300.no.html The Nansen legacy research project https://arvenetternansen.com/ The North Norwegian Art Museum https://www.nnkm.no/ Hello x is produced by Ice-9, with Christine Cynn, Anneli Stiberg, Valentin Manz. Associate producers include Marina Borovaya and Annika Wistrøm. Sound mix by Nathanael Gustin. Digital design by Ismet Bachtiar Storygenerator developed by Furkle Industries Find out more about hello X here https://hellox.me/about/      

Hey...where's the baby food? Atlantic Puffins in Lofoten are beautiful and possibly in trouble. Puffins travel thousands of miles to gather on ancient breeding cliffs. Hardworking parents can fly 100 km a day and dive 60 m deep to find food for their chicks. But something's not right. The herring and other small forage fish are too small and too dispersed to feed the chicks. In the last decade, almost none of the baby puffins are surviving. Could the decline in puffins and other coastal birds around the world be an indicator of big changes in our ocean ecosystems? How do scientists cope? This episode marks the beginning of a running theme on seabirds in the hello X podcast and stories. Meet marine biologist Zoe Burr, from the UNIS (Univ. Centre of Svalbard/ Fram flagship research group on Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Ecology in the North) who studies a breeding colony of Puffins on Hernyken, one of a cluster of remote islands called Røst near Lofoten in Northern Norway. Zoe is part of a team led by Tycho Anker-Nilssen, senior researcher at the NINA (Norwegian Inst. for Nature Research) collecting long-term data on seabird colonies. This is the first of the hello X science spotlights, interviews with researchers in the Arctic that complement the main episodes, which include both the creative development of the X fiction stories, along with shorter discussions on science. Special thanks to: FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment in Tromsø, a hello X partner, and its research program on Effects of climate change on cea and coastal ccology in the north. https://framsenteret.no/english/ UNIS- The University Centre in Svalbard https://www.unis.no/ NINA- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research https://www.nina.no/ LINKS: http://www.natgeotraveller.co.uk/destinations/europe/norway/arctic-norway-puffins/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/a/atlantic-puffin/ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22694927/0 Article by Zofia Burr and Øystein Varpe on ‘Seabird breeding timing at high latitudes': https://www.unis.no/seabird-breeding-timing-high-latitudes/ Master thesis on ‘Effects of a fluctuating climate on the body condition of Atlantic Puffins Fratercula Arctica at Røst', Norway, by Andrea Nygård Østvik: https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2461293/AndreaN%C3%98stvik.pdf?sequence=1 Soundscape and video from Røst https://childofklang.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/fieldwork-10th-june-14th-of-july-at-hernyken-nature-reserve-r%C3%B8st/ NORSK   Om lundefugl og matmangel https://forskning.no/fisk-havforskning-okologi/2014/04/lundefuglens-unger-dor-pa-grunn-av-matmangel Sjøfuglene på Hornøya: https://framsenteret.no/arkiv/foelg-sjoefuglene-paa-hornoeya-i-sommer-5883536-146437/ Om klima og endringer: https://framsenteret.no/arkiv/klima-endrer-sammensetning-og-utbredelse-av-arter-6056485-146437/ CREDITS This story was produced by Anneli Stiberg and Christine Cynn with support from Valentin Manz and Marina Borovaya. Sound engineer: Nathanael Gustin hello X theme music by Metatag on Hel Audio https://helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/surrender Episode music by Metatag Final track ‘Oh, Pity Us!' on ‘Live' by the Odes on Not Applicablehttps://not-applicable.bandcamp.com/album/live  

Which songs or joiks will X sing in 50 years? Which songs or joiks will we have forgotten? In this bonus episode of the hello X podcast you will meet Elina Waage Mikalsen, Katarina Barruk and Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson, three artists from Norway and Sweden. The Ice-9 team met Elina, Katarina and Marja in 2016 during Riddu Riđđu, a festival that focus on building pride and awareness about indigenous groups like Samis, an indigenous people who traditionally have lived in the Northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The festival takes place in Manndalen, in Northern Norway, a place where many have roots in Sami culture. Both Elina, Katarina and Marja have at one point in time been given the title «the artist of the year», at Riddu Riđđu. In 2016 they participated in Riddu Sessions, where they made new songs and joiks for the festival. The three artists share with us thoughts about their causes, music, memories with their grandparents, identity, language and joiking...thoughts about the past, the present and the future. Take a look at Katarina Barruk's message to X in Ume sami (a language spoken by only a few people in the world). The music that you hear in the episode is made or sung/joiked by Elina, Katarina and Marja, from their work in Riddu Sessions, with producer/artist Peder Niilas Tårnesvik and the mentors Sara Marielle Gaup and Ole Jørn Myklebust. You can find information about Riddu Sessions here: http://riddu.no/nb/program/riddu-sessions Some of the songs and/or joiks are from the artists' solo projects, and some are traditional joiks that they have been found in archives in Norway and Sweden. The songs and joiks in order as they appear in the epsisode: (Our intro melody by Metatag) The newborn calf, yoiked by Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson. Extract from the Riddu Riđđu-song that were made during Riddu Session. In the extract you hear Elina Waage Mikalsen sing. Extract from song written by Elina Waage Mikalsen, performed by Elina, Marja and Katarina. Extract from the Riddu Riddu song, made during Riddu Sessions. In the extract you hear Katarina Barruk and Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson sing and yoik. The big mountain-yoik from Tärnaby, yoiked by Marja and Katarina Ubmejeiednuo (or the Ume river) youk from Storuman in North of Sweden fra Storuman kommune i Nord-Sverige, joiket av Marja og Katarina. The Butterfly, by Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson, performed by Elina and Katarina. Riddu Riđđu 25 year jubileum yoik by Elina, Katarina, and Marja Riddu Riđđu-song, by Elina, Katarina and Marja   You can find information about the artists here: Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson: http://www.marjamortensson.no Katarina Barruk: @katarinabarrukmusicpage Elina Waage Mikalsen: https://kreativenord.no/actor/elina-waage-mikalsen/ , https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/blood-forest-family/1194089282 The Riddu Riđđu festival web page: http://riddu.no/nb To learn more about Sami culture and history, go to https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jan/21/folk.features1

 AIDS 2018 - Part II The International AIDS Conference occurs every two years somewhere around the globe. This year AIDS 2018 is held in Amsterdam. Many people may recall Melbourne hosting the event just four years ago – AIDS 2014. Our latest episode marks the closing of AIDS 2018 in Amsterdam, and Michael and Cal wrap up on some highlights from the conference. The conference offers an opportunity for the international HIV and AIDS community to gather to find out the latest developments in the global response to the epidemic. Well, Well, Well's Cal was at the conference to adsorb the community mobilisation, and key findings from research which informs the way we look at and respond to the changing landscape of HIV in Australia and abroad. With the help of Michael back in the JOY 94.9 studios we were able to unpack just some of the highlights from the course of AIDS 2018 including: Three distinct stories highlighting Indigenous voices from across the globe Peter Waples-Crowe from Thorne Harbour Health speaks to the lack of Australian indigenous representation on a global scale, and what we can learn from other indigenous communities in our own work in health promotion Paula Simonsen, a Sami woman from Northern Norway speaks to the state of HIV, stigma, and barriers to testing and treatment for HIV in northern Europe for first nations peoples. Trevor Stratton, A Coordinator for International Indigenous Working Group on HIV and AIDS, speaks about three distinct local indigenous peoples in Canada - and the film Strong Medicine which targets those populations in an authentic way. Pron4PrEP, an innovative way to contexualise the use of PrEP, and U=U in an adult film setting using stark and explicit imagery juxtaposed with talking heads validating and confirming the stories told through an (often explicit) pronographic setting. Cal talks with Jason Domino from The Porn4PrEP website which contains explicit and non-explicit versions of the video mentioned in this podcast. How social networking app Hornet is responding to global LGBTI criminalisation through their campaign #DecriminalizeLGBT. Cal talks with Alex Garner from Hornet Finally, Cal touches base with George Ayala from M-PACT (formerly MSMGF) about the potential barriers to AIDS2020 being held in San Francisco & Oakland, California. What does that mean for those unable to travel to the U.S.A under restrictive travel bans, and how does that mirror what has happened at the International AIDS Conference in histroy?   This show, Episode #630 originally aired Thursday 2nd August, 2018. Grab this and other podcasts from the Well, Well, Well team on iTunes | Spotify | or your favourite podcast platform - or head to joy.org.au/wellwellwell Head to www.thorneharbour.org for more information about Thorne Harbour's LGBTI health and well-being services Thorne Harbour is social! facebook: facebook.com/thorneharbour  |  twitter: @ThorneHarbour  |  instagram: @thorneharbour Check out Part I of the series

What do arctic farmers dream about? What's in a blood sausage (besides blood)? And how can the moon help you make sauerkraut? (*bonus norsk språk versjon tilgjengelig) In ep1, we asked how our behavior today might affect the food eaten by X, a young woman living in the Arctic in 2068. In ep2 we begin our journey to the future by meeting Jenny and Helga Nordgård, two generations of women who have been producing food on their family farm in Northern Norway since they were children. Jenny and Helga talk about how farmers enjoy a ‘different kind of wealth' and how women like Helga were once legally restricted from inheriting farms. They also express concern about the stability of the global food system in relation to climate change and how a growing demand for vacation homes is pricing out would-be farmers. Anneli, Christine, Valentin and Marina of Ice-9 also reflect on their own connection to food production, from their grandparents' gardens in New Jersey, USA to Voronezh, Russia, where Marina's grandfather Nikolai reveals his experiments with making sauerkraut by the lunar calendar. LINKS: Join the hello X Culinary Club! By adding your recipes, hungers, and half-digested rumors on https://forum.hellox.me/c/make-food On LUNAR SAUERKRAUT from forum.helloX.me Well, I checked with a scientist friend (biologist and bioinformatics researcher Michael Thorne from the British Antarctic Scientific Study) and he checked the Scopus database and can't find anything under ‘yeast and lunar cycles' or permuations of those terms. Does this mean that there has never been any published research on the effect of the moon on yeast or other microorganisms? There is a ton of anecdotal information about fermentation and the moon. https://adventuresinlocalfood.com/2010/10/07/sauerkraut-rising-tides-and-where-it-all-began/ and Nikolai, @serval 's grandfather in Russia, says his sauerkraut is definitely crunchier when made on or just before the full moon. Here's a Belgian brewer who's selling Paix-Dieu beer on the strength of moonpower. Here's a (sceptical) article on how some people arrange wine tastings according to the lunar calendar. https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/moon-science-biodynamics-in-the-vineyard-and-in-your-glass/ Do you have any experience with fermenting by the moon? Shall we run some bread/beer/sauerkraut experiments? respond on the forum! https://forum.hellox.me/t/sauerkraut-by-the-moon-lunar-phases-and-yeast/109?u=copopod CREDITS This story was produced by Anneli Stiberg and Christine Cynn with support from Valentin Manz and Marina Borovaya. Language support by Martha Otte.Special thanks to Jenny Nordgård and Helga Nordgård and the whole Nordgård family.Thanks to Marina Borovaya and her grandfather Nikolai.Sound recording/mix by Nathanael Gustin.hello X theme music byMetatag on Hel Audiohttps://helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/surrenderEpisode music byMetatagandArthurs. Høiby. Ritchie on Not ApplicableTom Arthurs – trumpet, flugelhornJasper Høiby – double bassStuart Ritchie – drums http://www.not-applicable.org/?page_id=27

Welcome to episode 1 of the hello X podcast! Meet Christine, Anneli and Valentin, your hosts in imagining the lives of the future. The first segment tells the backstory of X and explains the concepts behind the larger project. Find out how X was born in 2011 on a beach (in Christine's mind), and why she went from dramatisations of political violence in the past (and co-directing The Act of Killing) to asking scientists, artists, kids and listeners like you to collectively imagine X, a woman who will be born in 2045. (You can start by checking out the WRITE page on this website). Christine and Valentin talk about why they moved to Tromsø, Northern Norway, how much they love food and how these passions have been channeled into the key question of this year's stories: how might human activity today (CO2, pollution, fishing, agriculture) affect Arctic ecological food webs and food culture for X in 2068? Segment two introduces you to some of the members of the hello X creative team and their answer to the question: What does it mean to have a relationship with the unborn, or future people? Segment three features environmental anthropologist Ann Eileen Lennert. Ann's work features the stories of hunters from Greenland, whom she studied for many years while living in Greenland before moving to Tromsø and becoming the newest member of Ice-9. A big advocate of citizen science, Ann integrates cultural landscapes with natural science and talks about how science can be mixed with stories both old and new, and how stories can help answer natural scientific questions. She also introduces us to the Mother of the Sea. This story was produced by Christine Cynn and Anneli Stiberg with support from Valentin Manz. Special thanks to Marina Borovaya, Ismet Bachtiar, Leo Kay, Sigbjørn Skåden, Annika Wiström, Ann Eileen Lennert, and Kunuk Lennert. Sound recording/mix by Nathanael Gustin. Music by Metatag https://helaudio.bandcamp.com/album/surrender Fiium Shaarrk https://not-applicable.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-astonishingly-lifelike ) LINKS: X2068 exhibition in Polaria science museum (earlier permutation of hello X… in Norwegian) https://www.itromso.no/kultur/2016/10/25/Festivalutstilling-med-fremtidsvisjon-13694893.ece Ann Eileen Lennert https://anneileenlennert.com/ Mother of the Sea background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedna_(mythology) The book that inspired Christine's description of the ‘sea inside our cells' Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016, and Harper-Collins UK, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/15/other-minds-peter-godfrey-smith-review-octopus-philip-hoare