What happens here?

>>68167421
idk man walk north for a while and find out lol

they drink mushroomed out moose piss to get high

saamis and shit who knows
reindeer

Well, I met a girl from that part of Finland. Pale skin, blue eyes, shiny straight and blonde hair, no asian features (?!).

Couldn't laugh and was socially awkward, would act weird if you got too close. It's weird how all the stereotypes fit.

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snow mobiles, alcohol, depression, and socialism

>>68167477
This.
Amanitas must be some crazy shit

Proto-Basques

http://www.elisanet.fi/alkupera/Saamegeenit.pdf

>>68167775
Do you have this in a language I can understand my asiatic friend?

>>68167816
>Samis are linguistically closer to the basques than any other European peoples, blame the ice age

>>68167816
>>68171236
http://helsinki.academia.edu/JaakkoH%C3%A4kkinen

And it's written by this guy, never actually scientifically reviewed, so it's probably as good as a piece of dog shit inside your shoe...

>>68167421
who the fuck cares, that goes for all of that area, it's just ice snow, and bear shit

Is ALL of Lapland populated by trees? Or, are there some parts (be it in the far north, or slightly inland away from the warmer coast) where trees cannot grow? (due to the cold or other factors I may not know about)

>>68167622
>snow mobiles, alcohol, and socialism
nice!

>>68167622
Is recreational snowmobiling popular in norther norway/sweden/finland? I heard its very expensive for many reason: high cost of a sled, high cost of fuel, high cost of licence, difficult to get a licence, etc.

>>68171304
That fucking profile pic

>>68171497
http://www.tieteessatapahtuu.fi/0706/0706Saukkonen.pdf
What would you expect from a student of Finno-Ugric languages.? Here some other student is trying to debate his claims.

I feel ashamed just by linking this.
Well at least they're having a debate.

It's a good thing you don't understand this tbqh.

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>>68171429
Yes, there's like 18-19000 registered snowmobiles in Finnmark (northernmost Norwegian county), and probably hundreds more unregistered ones (if not thousands...very low police density, so many people don't give a shit about doing it the legal way even though fines are astronomical). Considering the county population is sitting at around 75000 it's safe to say that everyone knows someone who owns a snowmobile there. I guess it's one of the few things you can do for fun (especially in the winter) in such a sparsely populated area.

No idea about the total costs, but it never struck me as a very expensive hobby. A burger flipper at McDonald's earn a minimum wage of $19/h (or $13/h after taxes), so the fuel prices match the wage level really. A big chunk of the snowmobile owners use it for their work (lots of Sami reindeer herders etc.), so it's a necessity regardless of price.

You used to get the licence automatically when you got your car/motorcycle/tractor licence, but they changed it back in 2006. It's still very easy to obtain, but there are many environmental and traffic-related restrictions as to where and how you can drive your snowmobile. Probably costs around $5-800 tops, and about $300-500 in Sweden. They just changed the law a few weeks so that Swedes with the Swedish snowmobile licence can drive here as well, and a similar law was passed a few years ago to allow Norwegians with the Norwegian licence to drive in Sweden, so the area you're allowed to drive in is pretty massive now.

Not to mention Svalbard, that have more snowmobiles than they have people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_WFLBjmeeQ