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Freak Thunderbolt Kills Over 300 Reindeer in Norway
In perhaps the most frightening display of caribou collapse to date, 323 unsuspecting reindeer were fatally struck by lightning on the mountain plateau of Hardangervidda in Oslo, Norway, last month. Norwegian officials surmised a freak storm discharged an inordinately large thunderbolt that interacted with earth and water, resulting in roasted reindeer ruin. Anton Krag, zoologist…
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Norway Braces For a Butter-Free Christmas
Known solely as peasant food during the Middle Ages, butter slowly squished its way into the upper classes only after the Roman Catholic Church allowed its consumption during Lent in the 16th Century. Now, however, it looks as if butter is getting its revenge, as this base fatty pleasure appears to be snubbing one of…
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Norwegian Cruise Ship Drops Grandmother into Arctic Ocean
What was to be “the trip of a lifetime” for an ageing English couple, in their tour of the Arctic Circle to see the Northern Lights, has quickly turned into a teeth-chattering oceanic nightmare. For in arguably the most calamitous rescue transfer in Norwegian history, medics dropped a stretcher carrying 73-year-old British tourist Janet Richardson…
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Polar Bears Patrol Doomsday Vault at the End of the World
If you were to protect the world’s most precious cargo, where would you hide it? Chances are it would be in the far north, at the end of the world, where the only creatures mad enough to inhabit such a place are monster polar bears and obstinate Norwegians. Besides, if that cargo was food, or…
