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DEGREE MEASUREMENT EXPEDITION:
The measuring instruments
The measurements
The measurement sites
 base
line
Tornio
Kaakamavaara
Nivavaara
Huitaperi
Aavasaksa
Horilankero
 Pullinki
Niemivaara
Kittisvaara
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Pullinki
On the Pullinki fell the party involved, Outhier, Hellant and six soldiers
were worst troubled by the mosquitoes. On the fell there grew a large
spruce copse and Outhier had it cut down in order to be able to build
the aiming device.
Pullinki - 18th July 1736
The gnats tormented us here more than any where before : besides these,
the air was full of
extremely small flies, whose stings drew blood. In order to eat our
bread, for we had nothing
else, we were obliged to be very quick in passing our hand under the
veils which covered our faces;
without this precaution we should have been covered with blood by their
stinging, and have
swallowed as many as them as crumbs of bread. (Outhier, Journal of a
voyage to the north 1736-1737, p. 281)
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Pullinki
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