ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 day agoIn 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norwaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down18
arrow-up1422arrow-down1imageIn 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norwaylemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squarecolourlessidea@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 day agoSmall correction: this was in southwestern Norway; Lapland is in the far north of Finland.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-216 hours agoOh, 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.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoWhen 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
minus-squarecolourlessidea@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoI 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.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_(Sweden)
minus-squarecolourlessidea@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·12 hours agoI hope you put more effort and nuance into discussions you have elsewhere!
Small correction: this was in southwestern Norway; Lapland is in the far north of Finland.
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.
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
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_(Sweden)
I hope you put more effort and nuance into discussions you have elsewhere!