"Land of pines, burr oak, birch and jack and red pine--the majestic Norway --recently named the state tree.
Rolling lands that in winter are blanketed deep in white, but are with the first break in spring a panorama of everchanging beauty as the season progresses --
Until all lies quietly sleeping again beneath the snow where not even the ground may freeze though the temperature drops to zero to 20, 30 and even 40 degrees below zero.
Even a shanty looks happy beneath the evergreens the white smoke curling upwards."

By Vyron Northup