Well, I have been here in Svalbard for just over a week now (though I didn't manage to post this at the time of writing). It's hard to know where to start in terms of describing it. Were it not for the stunning back drop of snow laced peaks and glacier, and hundreds of snow mobiles parked up, you could almost forget you are in the Arctic and at the northern most nearly everything! Longyearbyen is a
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Well we had an amazing little holiday travelling round the West of Iceland: lava fields, volcanic craters, natural springs, waterfalls, seals, a glacier, crazy mossy/ lunar looking landscapes, snow-topped mountains, a Viking… But the reason for being there – the Nordic Geographers Meeting, also far exceeded expectations. I’ve had a really good time there meeting new people, gathering ideas and generally absorbing lots of key insights on the conference theme – Geographies of Responsibilities. I’ll try and summarise the highlights in this post...
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