Enjoying Winter

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Well, maybe not that much enjoying, but here it is... Try and imagine temperatures lower than -20 degrees Celcius...
Click on the photos to see a larger version in a new browser window. All photos are taken November 1999 - April 2000.


Moro med ski
NOR Fysisk fostring, uorganisert...
(Slettenes, Opheim, Egeland, Skjelbred)
Ut på tur...
NOR ...og organisert. Opp på fjellet! [TG]
...aldri sur
There I am - on NATO's skis. Private Holm sitting in front. ("Teknisk pause") [TG]
To rekker - marsj!
This is how it is done without skis. [TG]
Vindvott-camp
This was our camp during excercise "Vindvott". Nice and cold. [TG]
Ice, Ice, Baby...
Oh yeah, REALLY nice and cold... [TG]
Poetic Bøe
Still "Vindvott", private Bøe is feeling poetic. (Vikesund in the background) [TG]
Flammedans
Doing a little raindancing, so that the snow will go away ;o) [TG]
Hutre...
Private Rasmussen, getting ready for a bath... Really nice weather too ;o)
Hutre mer...
Sgt. Tofthagen showing us how to do it...
Yikes!
It feels good, doesn't it, Ole?
Sommer...
This is what the "Hjertind" barracks in Heggelia looks like in the summer... [TG]
...og vinter
But in the winter, snow can be causing trouble...
Beautiful
Showeling snow, all day long...
Destruction
...or this may happen! (Accident during "Joint Winter 2000", 3 people died)
StartEx
Outside the barracks on the first day of exercise "Hvitmink", february 2000.
Snowy mountains
A BV, "on top of Norway"... [TG]
Reindeers
Reindeers are relatively common in Northern Norway. [TG]
Barbed Wire
Some barbed wire - and Corporal Hansen. [TG]
Waiting
There is a lot of wating in the Army. It's nicer when the sun is shining :) [TG]
EndEx
The guys in my (second) room are happy - it's EndEx "Hvitmink"!
Snømannen Henrik
A snowman? A clown? Private Sørensen? [TG]

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© John H. Embretsen 2001