Kate Harris
Class of 2005
Blog post, March 14, 2010
Why traverse the Hardangervidda mountain plateau in the cold dead dark of midwinter? When huts are closed, no trails blazed?
All the usual reasons, really. Because it’s there.
To substantiate our staunch belief that the interior of the plateau remains ice-free and fertile, as Nordenskjöld was drawn to Greenland. Because it sure beats being stuck indoors. And in all honestly, “because we like the taste of freedom,” as Ed Abbey put it; “because we like the smell of danger.”
Svalbard. Because it's there. Photo by Kate Harris ’05
