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DeeGee Nov 2020 8:22am, 19 Nov 2020 20,042 posts	0 DeeGee [I have a strange hankering to visit the tripoint of Nor, Fin and Rus, at Muotkavaara, HoD] Although the eastern-most parts of the USA are in GMT-5, much of South America is in the GMT-3 time zone.
GlennR Nov 2020 10:29am, 19 Nov 2020 54,130 posts	0 GlennR [The prosperity of Tromsø is attributable to the historic fur trade with Murmansk, just round the corner. Great place for a winter holiday.]
chunkywizard Nov 2020 10:29am, 19 Nov 2020 10,496 posts	0 chunkywizard That Iceland is on the same timezone as the UK in Winter
DeeGee Nov 2020 10:56am, 19 Nov 2020 20,043 posts	0 DeeGee [Thanks for that recommendation Glenners. Tromsø is very much on my bucket list. The marathon is in the summer, though, so I'll not experience it in Winter if I use my traditional excuse for travel. This discussion has also now got me looking at Hammerfest as something to "tick off"]
DeeGee Nov 2020 11:10am, 19 Nov 2020 20,044 posts	0 DeeGee Long weekend (indirect) return flights to Hammerfest can be had from Aberdeen. The flights take between 7 and 11 hours, stopping a few times en route, and cost less than £400! A similar itinerary can be had from Humberside via Amsterdam, with fewer stops, for £526.
DeeGee Nov 2020 11:20am, 19 Nov 2020 20,045 posts	0 DeeGee Norway is not as expensive as I thought, if I compare it to New York prices.
GlennR Nov 2020 3:19pm, 19 Nov 2020 54,133 posts	0 GlennR Beer is expensive, decent wine in a restaurant no more expensive than here. The attraction of the winter trip is the northern lights. Madame and I were there in December in 2013. At that point the sun wasn’t going to get above the horizon again for another six weeks.
Diogenes Nov 2020 12:25pm, 20 Nov 2020 55,108 posts	0 Diogenes There is a character in Moby-Dick called Yosemite Sam. There is a climb route in Yosemite National Park (on El Capitan) called Moby Dick.
ChrisHB Nov 2020 12:29pm, 20 Nov 2020 20,112 posts	0 ChrisHB There's a vicar in Reigate whose name appears to be unique in the whole world of Bing.
Hills of Death (HOD) Nov 2020 1:17pm, 20 Nov 2020 35,196 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Saw a film about that but it was a bit different.