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Sapporo to Abashiri

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

I suppose I wanted to pretend like it’s the north pole. In reality, the north coast of Hokkaido, the northernmost territory of Japan, is at a lower latitude than Portland, Oregon. What makes it seem so far north is the floating ice on the Sea of Okhotsk. Because this area of ocean […]