For The Northerly Obsessed
In this weekly post, I collect all the need-to-read arctic related things that I’ve found over the past several days, and put them here in a handy bundle of links for you to pick, click and read.
Heatwaves From The Arctic To Japan: A Sign Of Things To Come?
Polar Bear Killed After Attack On Arctic Cruise Ship Guard
Naked Geology, Dazzling Light… My Journey Into The Arctic
How Did the End of the World Become Old News?
Arctic People Were Spinning Yarn Before The Vikings Arrived
I didn’t know a MostNorthern art and design shop would be happening until the day before yesterday. Once the idea sprouted, I couldn’t keep it contained, and, well, voila! HERE IT IS!
The premise of the shop is the same as it is here – to celebrate the north and raise awareness about climate change in the Arctic.
Below are a few of my designs on tote bags, because I love totes as much as life itself, plus, they’re one of the best answers to combating the environmental terrorist that is the plastic shopping bag.
In this weekly post, I collect all the need-to-read arctic related things that I’ve found over the past several days, and put them here in a handy bundle of links for you to pick, click and read.
Plastic Tide Reaches The Arctic And Polar Bears
Massive Iceberg In Greenland Breaking Up (Video)
How Global Warming Is Destroying Our Best-Preserved Archeological Sites
Ongoing Global Heatwave Is Setting All-Time Hottest Temperature Records All Over
Beavers Are Moving Into The Arctic And You Can See It From Space
As Arctic Warms Reindeer Herders Tangle With New Industries
Nunavut Day Celebrations Include Facebook Beginning
Welsh Students Create Ice-Rebuilding Machines
Exploring The Arctic On A Sledge
I am going to assume that, if you’ve picked this blog to read from the other 37 million sites that are hosted by WordPress, then you’re northerly obsessed.
I’m also going to assume that you can’t go a day without thinking about the most northerly places on our planet, and you have, within your soul, this insatiable hunger for pretty much everything to do with the Nordic countries and the High Arctic.
For the record, the above paragraph is me in a nutshell. If it’s you too, then I hope MostNorthern will be able to satisfy your hunger. At least for a little while. If we’re alike in our obsession, you’ll know it’s only a matter of time before you need your next northerly fix. And that’s where I come in. To try and provide that, to try and be your eyes in the north.
In case you’ve skipped over the About page, my name is Katie Metcalfe and I’m an English writer, blogger and poet living in Sweden.
I’ve been writing on the subject of ‘North’ for over a decade, and have a solid portfolio on writings about everything northerly, from the life of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, to the mythology of the Greenlandic Inuit, from the experience of dining on the Icelandic delicacy hákarl (fermented shark) to not being allowed to die in the Norwegian Arctic town of Longyearbyen.
MostNorthern was established because, to put it quite bluntly, I wasn’t able to find another blog out there that could successfully satisfy my northerly needs. (Please do shout if you are able to recommend blogs I may have missed…)
It exists to celebrate everything Nordic, with a special focus on raising awareness about the Arctic, and the current climate crisis going on at the top of the world. I really hope, that, while satisfying my curiosities and interests in all things northerly, I’ll satisfy yours too.
If there’s anything northerly that you would like an insight into, or if there is a northerner who you have been itching to learn more about through an interview, or even if you want to make a suggestion on how MostNorthern can be improved, please leave a comment below or email me at: mostnorthern@hotmail.com
Katie – Your Eyes In The North
Northern Fever 