National Geographic: Pulling back the curtains to my window this morning, overlooking the small arctic town of Kautokeino in northern Norway, the landscape looks charmingly picturesque. Colorful wooden houses are tucked under a thick layer of snow, a white tundra plateau extends off into the horizon. Daylight, now making an appearance in this part of the world for more than 15 hours of the day, already broke several hours ago. The sky sheds the last strands of dawn`s orange and purple hues.
But this year was a bad...