CHASED BY CHINESE HOARDS INTO THE SCANDANAVIAN ARCTIC – 2001
In a previous article, about my travels to Norway, I touched on our dependence on iron ore. One of our biggest, most profitable business lines, was applying cement and iron ore to offshore pipeline pipe. The weight created by the…
STRANGE THINGS THAT VIKINGS THOUGHT WERE NORMAL – AN OPINION PIECE – YEAR 2001
Over a period of time, in the early 2000’s, I had occasion to travel to Norway many times. None of these trips were for pleasure. In many ways, our life up to that point was a mixture of work and…
BEWARE NORSEMEN HERE COMES JIMBO RED – YEAR 2000
After a brief foray, in my mind, to Mexico, I am back to my memories of our time in Scotland. As you are aware, I had broken my (more or less chronological) stream of writing, about adventures in and around…
