What’s the furthest north you’ve ever been?

I’ve been inside the arctic circle in Finland at a latitude of 67.8N. Mainland Europe doesn’t extend much more than that but in Canada and Russia there are more options.

Perhaps one day I’ll make it to Svalbard to go polar bear and whale watching. They have great vodka and saunas up there too.

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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

A guest ranch north of Vancouver, BC. I don't remember exactly where it was, because I was like 10 years old.

AdmiralPrune · 41-45, M

@LordShadowfire That must have been fun.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@AdmiralPrune It was great. They had horses, fishing, and of course they had cattle.

AdmiralPrune · 41-45, M

@LordShadowfire That’s pretty cool. Some good memories.

I was on a reindeer raunch in a Finland. I’d never seen more than two in the same space. So to see 800+ was an eye opener.

They’re quite grumpy animals outside of a Christmas story. Even when you’re feeding them they try jab you with their antlers.

Fun fact: male reindeer shed their antlers during the winter months. So all of Santa’s crew must be females.

Two tourists looked bloody foolish for complaining about using animal products in the gift shop. You can buy just about anything made of antler. And the antlers are found just by picking them up off the forest floor.

The same couldn’t be said about the Nordic stew, but reindeer meat is incredibly tasty and tender.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@AdmiralPrune I've been telling people for years that deer, including reindeer, don't just have those antlers for decoration. You try to pet them in the wild, you get what you get.

As far as reindeer stew, I want to try that someday.