On 07/28/2013 10:07 AM, Bjørn Steensrud wrote:
> Bjørn Steensrud wrote:
>
>> W. Baker wrote:
>>
>> [massive snippage]
>>
>>> Do the Lapps still move with the reindeer herds
>>> in Northern Scandinavia? all ancient practices.
>>>
>>> Wendy
>>
>> They do. In the northernmost part of Norway, they walk from the inland
>> plain to the coast, freighted by boats/small ships to the islands to graze
>> all summer. When summer is ending they SWIM back to the mainland, with
>> boats standing by to help stragglers. They are in much better shape than
>> in the spring :-)
>
> I should add that the deer walk and swim, not the Sami :-)
>
>
>> There's also reindeer herding in the southern mountains, less movement but
>> they have to be watched all the time so they don't join the herds of wild
>> reindeer.
>

Hi Bjørn,

We call them Caribou here (Alaska). Are they good eating?

-T