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bpman



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Norways Arctic Highway ...
Norways Arctic Highway by John Douglas ..

- Route guide to Norway's 900-mile Arctic Highway from Mo i Rana to Kirkenes. Includes places to stay, places to eat, what to see, getting to Norway from North America and other parts of Europe, a kilometer by kilometer route guide, and background information on the people, flora, and fauna of the region.

Norway's Arctic Highway stretches 900 miles from Mo i Rana to Kirkenes, almost all of the route within the Arctic Circle. At its most northern point the road comes to within 19.5 degrees of the North Pole. This is a region of intense physical beauty--tundra plateaux, vast glaciers,


should be a good read now the nights are drawing in Thumbs Up
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Had a copy from Santa, skimmed through it looks like a lot of useful info. Should suit you down to the ground for your trip.
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I hope he did it in the Winter and not during the Summer....bit different.

Keen to go again....not enough holiday to do it next year as 3 weeks in Morocco - 20 degrees of latitude the other way
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SteveS - I'll let you know Thumbs Up from what I have read on the amazon preview, it seems to be winter because he talks about windchill but you probably get that in the summer there too Laughing
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The book gives a turn by turn discription of the Road - as well as little deviations / trips off the road
Would be very usefull for a longer trip with time to explore the vilages and side roads - not too usefull on a dash to Nordkap in winter
We never looked at ours during our trip
But a good read about the area before you go

Will definatly take it if we go back for a spring relaxing holiday
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hi Gavin

as you know we are going in Feb, like you say a dash, but we are also thinking of a longer 30 day trip next summer with the children and taking in the axe foundry and meeting up with our friends in Norway.

the book is enroute to me now, so hopefully I'll have time to read it before we go
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Nice knives and axes available in Norway, and some jolly nice jumpers if you like that sort of thing.

Take your own booze though Whistle

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tell me about it ... booze in Norway is sooo expensive, but there are ways ... you just need to know some of the locals Thumbs Up
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book arrived today ...

pretty good, covers summer and winter conditions, road signs, speed limits, fuel stops, other rules, convoy driving, insurance & documents, tolls, accomodation, wild camping, maps, advice, money, service stations/gas stations...

... then a km by km guide to the top of europe from the arctic circle border. anyone planning on going on a trip (organised or not) should consider getting the book.

for example: I know Tromso, I have friends there and visited in Feb 2012 (by air), it pretty much describes everything available there including tourist office, fuel stations, hotels blah blah blah ...

"Norway's Arctic Highway" by John Douglas

ISBN: 1-873756-9
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