Usually they don’t come until the middle winter and you have to travel well into Lapland to be sure of a glimpse. But not this year it seems.
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Ranua’s Bear Hits the Big Time
It’s not often that a specific northern Finnish bear becomes an international news item but Ranua Zoo’s Palle-Jooseppi managed it last week just be waking up.
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Birds Coming Back to Oulu Earlier and Earlier
Migrating birds are returning to the north earlier every year, according to local twitchers.
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Botanist Antje Neumann was having a normal day at work when she almost became a mother
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German expat Antje Neumann has found some fascinating herbivores on her way home.
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Henrik Petäistö sets out to find a stoat, the black-tailed creature that has left a trail in Oulu – and to find his roots.
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s the hunting season begins, Halle Marshall goes on a not so traditional Finnish moose hunt.
Read the rest of this entry »Go West, Episode Two
When we last saw Antje and her group of skiiers, they had just set out for a second day in the stormy wastes of the Swedish mountains. How will they survive blistering snowstorms, poor visibility, and sub-zero temperatures? Read on and find out.
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