Passports, Deadlines and Visa
Due to the capricious nature of registered mail in Norway – i.e. that it travels to distant centres to be ‘registered’ before going to its destination, the passport of ICR employee Philip Burgess, who was travelling to Nadym to webcast the proceedings was lost in transit. Instead of going straight from Guovdageaidnu to Kirkenes for the necessary visa, it went to Tromsø and then disappeared. It may seem like a simile for more remote regions - large national systems that exist in the North (roads, mail, airlines, buses, you name it) are designed to service large population centres, that tend to be in the South. Despite the valiant efforts of Svein Mathiesen and Elna Sara and various travel agents, this is one webcast that will have to wait…Philip stood in Alta for the day looking for a way from there to Nadym in the Yamal Peninsula. Difficult without a passport. Wouldn’t you rather go to Spain, the travel agent kindly inquired?
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