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Norway

Hurtigruten

Covid

The fiasco with the cruise ship Roald Amunsen of the Norwegian company Hurtigruten
Hurtigruten and other cruise companies suffered great losses during Corona when there were no passengers and they were lying idle on the water. When there were fewer infections in early July and new and stricter measures were introduced, Hurtigruten decided to be the first to start cruises again. This did not go according to plan, there were 16 crew members who had not followed the rules properly, with the result that several people on the ship became infected.

Roaming

Russia

Endangered species

Eagle gives scientists a very expensive phone bill
Russian researchers wanted to study the flight routes of eagles, with the aim of increasing the chances of survival of this endangered species. One of the eagles decided to take a tourist route across the steppe - one of the few places in the world without GPS coverage - and reappeared in Iran: a country with a high SMS rate. This left the researchers with no money to follow the other eagles. Fortunately, donors and the provider came to their rescue.

Surveys

Municipality

Too few responses to survey
The municipality of Boxtel wanted to use a survey to find out what its residents thought about the tasks and finances of the municipality in the future. The survey that was sent out was too long and complicated, which meant that there were far too few responses to give a representative picture. The municipality is now thinking of other solutions, such as entering into discussions with residents and companies and collecting ideas via, for example, a suggestion box.