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Scenes from northern Norway, where the sun never sets in June

Photos of Lapland of Audubon Lapland, June 2002, by Jack Dodge, click thumbnails for larger image

A lonely church sits along Varanger Fjord in Nesseby, Norway.	Fisherman's boat by fish-drying rack	Fish drying on rack	Rugged coastal road along the fjord.
Rugged rocks along the fjord.	Tundra stretches under the gray Norway sky.	Wildflowers brighten the gray-green tundra.	A miniature willow produces fuzzy tails.
Jack toasts Hamningberg, one of Europe's northernmost towns, with coffee.	The Hamningberg store, T-shirts and ice cream bars at 70 degrees 32.4 minutes North.	A sod-roofed "handyman's dream" in Hamninberg.	Herd of reindeer at Hamningberg
The lighthouse at Vardo, the world's northernmost fortress town	Repairing the nets on the dock at Vardo	The boat that took on the 15-minute ride to Hornoya Island Nature Reserve.	Finally, on the island, Atlantic puffins, up close and adorable
Puffins and nests	Black guillemots	Great Black-backed Gull	Great Black-backed Gull chick
Kittiwakes nesting	Shag		Crossing the borders from Finland to Norway and back required no immigration stops.

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