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In 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norway (lemmy.world)
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[-] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 months ago

Small correction: this was in southwestern Norway; Lapland is in the far north of Finland.

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oh, sorry I just assumed Lapland when I saw reindeer.

Lapland - or Sápmi to be precise, but that's an even larger area - is in the North of Finland, Sweden and Norway.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago

When you correct people, double-check that you're correct.
I spent several weeks in Lapland, and I was nowhere close to Finland at any point

[-] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

I did, and I suppose you did as well which would have shown you what I meant and the differences between the Lapland of Finland and the general Sápmi region which is not often referred to as Lapland any more.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago
[-] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

I hope you put more effort and nuance into discussions you have elsewhere!

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