@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 6 days agoIn 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norwaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1548arrow-down111
arrow-up1537arrow-down1imageIn 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norwaylemmy.world@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • 6 days agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•6 days agoSmall correction: this was in southwestern Norway; Lapland is in the far north of Finland.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•edit-25 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•5 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•5 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-5•5 days agoI hope you put more effort and nuance into discussions you have elsewhere!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•4 days agoIdk man. They’re completely in the right. I’ve never heard of anyone thinking Lapland is solely Finnish? Even the Finnish Wiki doesn’t think that.
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!
Idk man. They’re completely in the right. I’ve never heard of anyone thinking Lapland is solely Finnish?
Even the Finnish Wiki doesn’t think that.