A 16th-century Sámi man buried in northern Finland apparently spent part of his youth in Iceland — revealed by anomalous strontium isotopes in his teeth lower than anything measured in Finnish archaeology. New aDNA + isotopes study. #Archaeogenomics #SámiHistory #StableIsotopes
The Kitka Man Went to Iceland
A 16th-century Sámi burial in northern Finland held the bones of someone who didn't stay in one place
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May 26, 2026 at 10:26 PM
A 16th-century Sámi man buried in northern Finland apparently spent part of his youth in Iceland — revealed by anomalous strontium isotopes in his teeth lower than anything measured in Finnish archaeology. New aDNA + isotopes study. #Archaeogenomics #SámiHistory #StableIsotopes
ICYMI, Sweden’s landmar,k 600-ton, 113-year-old, Kiruna Church spent a 2 days in August being inched 5kms down an Arctic road to make way for the expansion of the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.
#MovingMonday #MovingHistory #SamiHistory
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#MovingMonday #MovingHistory #SamiHistory
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Wooden church in Arctic Sweden sets off on slow road trip to escape mining subsidence
By Tom Little
Sweden's landmark Kiruna Church will begin a two-day trip to a new home on Tuesday, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the ...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
ICYMI, Sweden’s landmar,k 600-ton, 113-year-old, Kiruna Church spent a 2 days in August being inched 5kms down an Arctic road to make way for the expansion of the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.
#MovingMonday #MovingHistory #SamiHistory
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#MovingMonday #MovingHistory #SamiHistory
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