Well here we are again, one year ago exactly since the bloggate episode that caused a sudden halt to the project due to a technical nightmare. The daily updates from the northern paradise stopped short, just 39 days shy of the new year. Well it's late November now. It's dark, it's full of snow and the town is in the last stages of a countdown before the Pre-Christmas crazy period begins. The year in this magical village has produced a glut of controversies due partly to political madness and questionable leadership. There have been some notable moves from families to larger pastures, while others have newly settled into Øksfjord, awaiting new challenges and fresh opportunities.
The football season has finished with at least one group of boys enjoying an end of year gathering at a winter cabin. After a long journey, trudging through knee high snow, the lads relaxed with some time in the sweltering log fired sauna followed briskly by a 20 second dip in the newly dug ice bath on the edge of the frozen lake. Severe winds have battered the Norwegian coastline in recent days and emergency warnings were also issued to the vulnerable Øksfjord. However as nearby Hammerfest and Alta witnessed angry storms, the smug residents of Øksfjord boasted of life within the often reffered to as the 'corridor of good weather'.
Meanwhile along with death and taxes, some things remain constant, the state of the Øksfjord tunnel for example. For those who are unfamiliar with the saga, the tunnel was built some twenty years ago as a safe alternative to the avalanche prone road along the fjord. A one lane tunnel, with poor lighting, dripping celings and dangerous ice humps throughout the 4 kilometre long disaster waiting to happen. Since 2009, this embarrasing landmark has been patched, prodded, repaired, analysed and renovated. The result of this work is a closed tunnel, a multi billion kroner bill and a bunch of peeved residents.
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