Where is the furthest North you've been?

arctictree

Bit of fun for around the XMas time.

So where is the furthest North you have been and what was the weather like there?

To start, I was in Lulea in Northern Sweden a few years ago in April. This town is at the very North of the Baltic Sea. The sea was still frozen at that time and temps went down to -5c at night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulea

I wonder have any boardsies been near the North Pole?!

If it counts I had a good view out the window at a very frozen Greenland on a flight to San Francisco.You could see the frozen rivers.
A friend of mine has been there.
The women are very foward.

ch750536

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The women are very foward.

I have that problem wherever I go.

Including Cork.

happyoutscan

Ballyheerin beach, Fanad Donegal.

Mothman

Whitehorse Yukon Territory Canada. C62deg north, not that much further north than John O'Groatsm but north enough in late May to read newspaper inside of tent in middle of night. I pitched my tent facing the setting sun thinking the rising sun wouldn't affect me, but didn't think at the time that the sun would rise not far from setting sun.

knoxor

I once was on a flight fro Belfast to Toronto, it took an eliptical path up over Iceland direction. At midpoint in the flight, l looked out the righthand side of the plane and saw the North Pole. Its quite big and looks like one of those barbershop poles but had a wee flag on it saying "North Pole"...

Mothman

knoxor wrote: »

Its quite big and looks like one of those barbershop poles but had a wee flag on it saying "North Pole"...

So that's what that is...

ch750536

ch750536 wrote: »

I have that problem wherever I go.

Including Cork.

Yeah that happens when you go to the washington on the night exams are over :pac:

Snowbie

St Petersburg Russia at 59N
followed be a close Aviemore in Scuutland (poor scottish text accent:o) at 57N

turly

On board a Norwegian factory ship fishing for scallops north of Spitsbergen. I think we went as far north as 81 degrees but because my body clock was so fecked that I slept through the 2 hours of daylight, I didn't notice anything special.

Highlight was transferring from one ship to another, dressed up in survival suits looking ike Michelin man.

Mind you, I've avoided scallops ever since.

kerry1960

turly wrote: »

On board a Norwegian factory ship fishing for scallops north of Spitsbergen. I think we went as far north as 81 degrees but because my body clock was so fecked that I slept through the 2 hours of daylight, I didn't notice anything special.

Highlight was transferring from one ship to another, dressed up in survival suits looking ike Michelin man.

Mind you, I've avoided scallops ever since.

Now that is impressive

but the rest of ye ........how come no photos ??........let's see some pics please ........ or it did'nt happen.......:D:D:D

Deep Easterly

Letterkenny

DOCARCH

Reykjavík - 64N

Flew from Amsterdam to Honk Kong right over the north of Sweeden and Finland, northern Russia, etc. Flight paths are amazing - your so used to looking at 'flat' maps that your convinced your on the wrong flight!

kerry 1690...what happened in the washington inn stays in the washington inn:D

Supercell

Giants Causeway in Norn Iron, not far north at all really

kerry1960

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kerry 1690...what happened in the washington inn stays in the washington inn:D

Erm ....wat didth happn in 1690

nacho libre

Møre og Romsdal.

peasant

Nordkap, Norway in mid June

Nothing to see at the actual Nordkap as it was very cold and very foggy that day.


Reading a newspaper outside at the campsite in Hammerfest in glorious sunshine at midnight was kinda special though

Trogdor

About 61 or 62 degrees north in norway in October 2006. Quick search in google and it threw up a few(make that a lot) pictures i posted up over on TWO
http://theweatheroutlook.com/twocommunity/forums/t/4246.aspx

Kippure

A place called high level northern alberta, north of fort mac, Minus 60 windchill early march, Snow lasted till middle of may.

Hardcore cold.


http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-24_metric_e.html

M.T. Cranium

I've also flown over Greenland and Baffin Island, last time getting a superb view of the landscapes and sea ice thanks to almost clear skies from Iceland to northern Alberta on the flight home from the UK in 2007.

On the ground, I have been as far north as 63 N on a canoe trip way back in 1974, that took five weeks to complete. We were flown in to the headwaters of the Nahanni River on the Yukon-NWT border, that's probably as far north as I have been, although I was in Alaska on another trip. There was only a brief period of twilight at the start of our five weeks, and the weather is surprisingly similar to Scotland or even further south in July.

I hope to make it further north one day before I croak, but it's very expensive to fly into the high arctic. Alert on northern Ellesmere Island is the northernmost inhabited point on earth at about 82 N.

poisonated

I went on a trip to see santy clause and it was minus 30 degrees....almost fainted there actualy

Hal1

Malin Head .

kerry1960

trogdor wrote: »

About 61 or 62 degrees north in norway in October 2006. Quick search in google and it threw up a few(make that a lot) pictures i posted up over on TWO
http://theweatheroutlook.com/twocommunity/forums/t/4246.aspx

Nice one trogdor , some quality pictures there lad .

Pherekydes

Supercell wrote: »

Giants Causeway in Norn Iron, not far north at all really

Same here.

Harpy

Kiruna in the north of Sweden last December, was on erasmus in stockholm and went on a trip north and got to see the northern lights was absolutely amazing but also abosolutely freezing
its at
Lat/Lon: 67.8° N 20.3° E

j1979p

Pherekydes wrote: »

Same here.

Me too!

barnicles

Dublin , Ireland :P

Neamhshuntasach

Either Barrow in Alaska or Sachs Harbour in Canada. Can't remember which is further north. Both are still hundreds of miles away from the North Pole though.

extremeweather

Levi, Finland (67 deg 48 min N).

It was pretty cold during the November I was there, from -4 to +4 during the "daytime", which was around four hours of very weak sunlight and around two hours each of dawn and dusk.

The ski season (which can run until June!) was just starting but they needed to use artificial snow and of course most of the skiing is under floodlights at that time of year. The Finns are really into cross country skiing too.

Another thing the Finns are fond of is saunas. Every room in my fairly basic hotel had a private, timer-controlled sauna. Set it in the morning before you go out, and it's ready for when you get back!

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hoser expat

Kippure wrote: »

A place called high level northern alberta, north of fort mac, Minus 60 windchill early march, Snow lasted till middle of may.

Hardcore cold.


http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-24_metric_e.html

Jayzus, what were you doing up there. I used to work (do research) out of High Level...quite the dump.

As for myself, in my former life I was a research geologist for 15 years specializing in Arctic geology. I've been all over the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, Nunavut etc., and even spent 2 summers living in a tent on Ellesmere Island at just over 80 deg. north, and have been as far north as 81 deg.

Gave it all up for the quiet life in Ireland.