{"id":154,"date":"2023-05-19T17:33:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/?p=154"},"modified":"2023-05-19T17:33:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:33:58","slug":"this-is-arctic-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/2023\/05\/19\/this-is-arctic-living\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Arctic living!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Next to nothing. Close to everything. This is Arctic living.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the slogan that Alta has as a destination. Even though  Alta is one of the most remote cities in the Arctic it definitely is one of the prettiest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163050.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163050.png 870w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163050-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163050-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163050-768x765.png 768w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163050-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The pictures that the students have posted look like they were made in the middle of nowhere but actually, they are made in one of the most beautiful places on earth, in Alta, Norway. This can be seen very well in the picture posted by @clemalta_sm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"872\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163032.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163032.png 872w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163032-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163032-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163032-768x766.png 768w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163032-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A\u00a0very\u00a0small\u00a0amount,\u00a0barely\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a0nothing\u00a0at\u00a0all.\u00a0This\u00a0expression\u00a0uses\u00a0<em>&#8216;next\u00a0to&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>in\u00a0the   sense\u00a0of\u00a0\u201calmost,\u201d\u00a0a\u00a0usage\u00a0dating\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0seventeenth\u00a0century,\u00a0as\u00a0in\u00a0\u201cShe\u00a0ate\u00a0next\u00a0to\u00a0nothing,\u201d\u00a0or\u00a0\u201cI\u00a0earned\u00a0next\u00a0to\u00a0nothing\u00a0last\u00a0year.\u201d  Except for the beautiful nature and the many many trees that can be seen, this is what next to nothing and close to everything means in the Arctic according to @claraaaa_inalta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163116.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156\" width=\"674\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163116.png 688w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/490\/2023\/05\/Schermafbeelding-2023-05-19-163116-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>@evainalta &#8216;s and @clemalta_sm pictures (again) are ultimately characterized by the definition that was given to the term Arctic living, &#8220;adaptation to short growing seasons with long periods of sunlight, and to cold, dark, snow-covered winter conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to get more insights into the lives of students beyond the Arctic Circle or share your own experience, use the hashtag #arcticstudent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any ideas or inspirations on what to post on our blog, please send a mail to either one of these mail addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>aku051@uit.no<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>atu026@uit.no<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greetings from the Arctic Students! <strong>\ud83d\ude43<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Next to nothing. Close to everything. This is Arctic living.&#8221; This is the slogan that Alta has as a destination. Even though Alta is one of the most remote cities in the Arctic it definitely is one of the prettiest. The pictures that the students have posted look like they were made in the middle &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/2023\/05\/19\/this-is-arctic-living\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This is Arctic living!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/arcticstudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}