Day:166, Words:166

The year 10s have been under the pump all day in preparation for their oral exam tomorrow. The group of 16 teenagers was divided into two separate working groups yesterday as they pulled science and social studies from the proverbial hat. Many were quietly pleased with the challenge presented to them, others were less than ecstatic. Tomorrow, the nervous students will march in to their examination arena, armed with a presentation that will hopefully impress their supportive teacher and the scary looking examiner peering condescendingly at them.  

Two hours down the path from Øksfjord, salmon fever is heating up on the Alta River. Photos of happy fishermen and fisherwomen holding up their enormous prizes have crowded the front pages. Yesterday, the fish license police found many without the required documentation.Excuses have ranged from ‘The license got wet and became invisible’ to ‘My mother thought she had purchased two cards' to ‘I’m not fishing, I’m just holding the rod for someone who has gone to pee…’