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Aurora Borealis
A week ago I got a text from Dmetri telling me to turn on the TV. I told him I couldn't as I didn't have one. He explained there was a documentary on - Joanna Lumley and the Land of the Northern Lights - and that while he hadn't initially understood the appeal of going to Finland, now he did. The doco is largely about Norway; the closest spot to see the Aurora Borealis from Helsinki would be Finnish Lapland, and the doco spends some time there. I asked J about this when we first started discussing my getting over there, and I'd love to see them. She's never seen them either.
Anyway, talking with some friends led to them mentioning that iiNet has this thing called iView that (I think) holds recently broadcast TV for about a week. Curious I checked out the ABC section at:
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/474787
... and found the doco. I don't mind Lumley, but her excitement in this is really infectious. She's wanted to see the lights since she was a child growing up in Malaysia, and when she finally does it's pretty moving.
You can watch it fullscreen for a 250MB streaming download - and it doesn't come off your cap if your ISP is iiNet. I think it's hosted for another three days if you're curious.
It also makes me want to see Norway. And now I know not to ask a Sami about the size of his herd.
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Anyway, talking with some friends led to them mentioning that iiNet has this thing called iView that (I think) holds recently broadcast TV for about a week. Curious I checked out the ABC section at:
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/474787
... and found the doco. I don't mind Lumley, but her excitement in this is really infectious. She's wanted to see the lights since she was a child growing up in Malaysia, and when she finally does it's pretty moving.
You can watch it fullscreen for a 250MB streaming download - and it doesn't come off your cap if your ISP is iiNet. I think it's hosted for another three days if you're curious.
It also makes me want to see Norway. And now I know not to ask a Sami about the size of his herd.
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Svalbard. (Googles.) Longyearbyen! That was in it. -60C from memory. "Like breathing knives." It's also the spot where she finally saw them, and I don't mind saying I teared up. I'd love to go there.
I'm hoping to be in Helsinki sometime between March and May. Decided I will be there by May 5th. Once there I've got at least three months, so you'll find me asking you questions around then. :) Thanks!
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