During the first Social Media & Communication class that the arctic students had, they were supposed to come up with at least 5 different hashtags related to Northern Norway. This, therefore, created a surprisingly diverse word web with the input of all students which can be seen below.
“One student forgot to change their keyboard layout from Cyrillic to Latin, and while trying to write an English word, she got the error you see in the center of the slide. The rest of the students decided to support this joke and introduced such a word into their forms. Thus, this non-existent word became then the main one on the screen in between all the other associations! This is how we usually joke at lectures at our arctic university!”
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Lex Reilly mentions that the weather in Alta during February requires correct preparation and a sense of adventure even to go to the store. Going out for a hike or day trip is already next level!
Ivan Verian answer that 3 winter travel essentials here are:
1)Clothes 2)Clothes 3)Clothes
He says: ”You’ve read it right! More Clothes, More chances of enjoying your stay in Alta. PS. Based on my own experience”.
Most of the students mention proper clothes and shoes like travel essentials for people who want to go to Northern Norway. sm.arctic says that the crucial part is that you need to stay warm if you’re planning outdoor activities and for this reason you need layers, layers and one more time layers. Eva Marle Chantal Degieux describe the next parts of the cloth that you need to have to travel in the North:
wool underclothes like leggings and t-shirts to keep the body warm throughout the day. Going outside without this could cause discomfort, being really cold and returning home early.
gloves, beanie, scarf, socks (do not forget to wear several pairs) because nothing is worse than being cold on the body’s extremities. There is no way you can go out without them at the risk of losing fingers and toes, catching an illness.
snow boots because it is impossible to walk or hike with sneakers. If you don’t have those you can risk slipping on ice, and getting your feet cold.
For example, Clara Louise Rose Lemercier, describes her scarf as big as a blanket, that allows her to wrap herself up to keep warm. She is sure that if she doesn’t wear it, she will catch a cold.
Aaltje Koosje Tuinman pay attention that its necessary to have a hand crème and lip balm: “The number 1 essential must have item for me is by far hand crème. Because of the cold, my hands get very very dry, which causes them to break. My knuckles and the top of my hands start to look really red and it then hurts a lot. That is why I need to have hand crème with me everywhere I go and I rub them in at least every few hours.
Just as I really need hand crème, the same goes for moisturizing lip balm. However, my lips are definitely not as bad as my hands are, because I feel like the air is not very dry and there is not a lot of wind in the city center. When it does happen that they are getting really dry and red, I want to make sure that I can moisturize them at any moment and that it doesn’t look like they are breaking.”
Alona Kutsenko also mentioned that it’s possible to have chemical hand and foot warmers that will help you to survive.
anastasija_arcticstudent except woolen socks and underwear mentioned that its would be nice for traveler to have a beer in Northern Norway to keep themselves warm in any situation 😏 #arcticstudent
In Norway, they have a wonderful saying. “Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær!” which means that there is no such thing as bad weather for the Norwegians, but that there are only bad clothes!
The arctic students have created posts in which they describe just this and in which they show what the weather looks like in Alta in February. They all have shown their own take on this, which gives this incredible differentiating result!
Let’s see how they view the winter in Alta!
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