
The woman who spent lockdown alone in the Arctic
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Travel blogger and tour guide Valentina Miozzo moved to Kongsfjord, in the far north of Norway and within the Arctic Circle, when she lost work in the pandemic.
(CNN) — For most of us, the pandemic has meant enforced solitude. But for others, it's been the chance to go searching for that solitude. And where better to do so than in the Arctic Circle? In fact, Valentina Miozzo went one step further. She moved to the far north of Norway -- within the Arctic Circle -- not just mid-pandemic, but just as the 24-hour polar nights were on the horizon. It was a baptism of fire, but one she took to. "December and January were two months of just darkness," she says.More Related News

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