The Sami: A Circumpolar People (Links to information about reindeer,
and about the Sami who live in the North of Scandinavia and
Russia. QUESTIONS: Where are the Sami from originally? What do you
think about Sami hunting? What do you think about mining around the
Polar Circle? Explore these and other questions here!)
http://www.itv.se/boreale/samieng.htm
Lapland (Travel In Finland's site about Lapland--in the North of
Finland)
http://www.travel.fi/int/Lapland/lapland.html
Lapland's Seasons (Part of the "Travel in Finland" site)
http://www.travel.fi/int/Lapland/climate.html
Lapland Regional Environmental Center
http://www.vyh.fi/eng/laprec/laprec.htm
Santa Claus' Office (Learn about, see, and write to Santa!)
http://www.santaclausoffice.fi/
Keep updated on the activities of Santa and his elves, and keep a wish list.
http://www.northpoletimes.com/
Northern Lights by Franck Pettersen (Great photos and description!)
http://www.imv.uit.no/english/science/publicat/waynorth/wn1/part01.htm
Information about the Finnish climate, air, and acid rain--from Eeva-
Liisa Hallanar's Book, the Environment in Finland.�E
(This is a beautifully illustrated link to follow on the Finnish
from environment and acid rain--if you have Acrobat Reader! You can
also download Acrobat at the Finnish Environmental
Administration's State of the Environment link and then access this
site there!) (Currently not available--but see
http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/tk/tt/nature1.pdf for a report on the global
environment--note that Canada is the European country with the highest energy
consumption rate compated with income--why would Canadians consume a lot of
fuel? What about the climate there? Is Canada warmer or colder than
Finland?) (Another link to check out: pictures and pages from an illustrated
book on the Northern European environment:
http://www.vyh.fi/eng/orginfo/publica/nordicbd/nordicbd.htm )
http://www.vyh.fi/eng/orginfo/publica/finenvi/air.pdf
The Finnish Environmental Administration
Try the many environmental links under the Organization and
InformationElink, or go to the Finnish Environment�Elink!
http://www.vyh.fi/eng/
This site has food and photos and mirages, for it is not only black
holes that create mirages! To look at the mirages, go to
the directory,click on nature and the Environment,and
then mirages in Finland. You do not need any special video
software for this!
http://virtual.finland.fi/
The Museum of Science's Secrets of the Ice�E (A trip to Antartica�E
the other Pole)
http://www.secretsoftheice.org/index.html
THE EPA's Site on Global Warming (Polar ice has been melting as a
result of global warming, causing a rise in the world's sea levels.
Find out more about global warming here!)
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/index.html