The Overnightscape #695 (Thursday, April 3, 2008 / 59:00 / 27.2 MB / theovernightscape.com) - Tonight’s subjects include: Frank’s father, Frank Ralph Nora, returns to the show with stories from Svalbard “The Trek” and “The Sled Dogs of Spitsbergen”, rough year, Nanny’s ghost, the frightened plumber, a fascination with the Arctic and the Antarctic, cruise to the north, Longyearbyen, the excursion office waiting list, buying waterproof pants in Stavanger, the Norwegian krone, physical fitness test, the trek begins, girls with guns, polar bear attack stories, loading the weapons, desolate landscape, the negative Norwegian, crossing the stream, walking sticks, rubber boots, horrible parasites on the ground, walking on a glacier, starting to get tired, dropping out, the Svalbard cedar, snow, 24 hours of light, crossing the island in the depth of winter on snowmobiles in the darkness, going to see the dogs, little tents, reindeer droppings, University, avalanche, the sled dogs of Svalbard, strange statue, dogs chained to the ground, Thai people in Spitzbergen, pancakes in the hut, Mary Yakubik update, houses and properties, wrecked car, more on Svalbard, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, and seed conspiracy theories. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
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April 2nd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Hi Frank
Always fun to listen to your fathers deliberations. I visited Svalbard as in june 1980(also on a cruiseship, Vistafjord, I was 13 at the time), a most interesting visit I will never forget. I have some old footage (super 8 film that I transcoded into digital format) if you are interested.
I think that the student guides may have been pulling your fathers leg when talking about the parasites, it may have been somewhat more interesting for the group of elderly cruise passengers that way. Furthermore, if you have a look in the wikipedia article on the Svalbard flora, you will see it actually sports 164 species of plants ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_of_Svalbard)
Long time listener
Oslo, Norway
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Frank Ralph Nora rocks. Enjoyed his recanting his trip to Savlbard. I would love to make that treck. I also would love to have rifle packing Pia walk around with me while I deliver mail to the bad neighborHOODS.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Good to hear a Mary Yakubik update, Great to have FRN back on the show.