Good News: World’s Most Northern Electric Ferry Now Sailing in Frigid -13°F Temps (-25°C) | Good News Today
Good News: World’s Most Northern Electric Ferry Now Sailing in Frigid -13°F Temps (-25°C) | Good News Today Why this story matters: This piece offers a constructive counterpoint to the constant stream of negative news. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to sailing, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. The M/F Vargsund – credit, Finnmark county administration An all-electric passenger/car ferry in northern Norway has proven that brain-disabling cold can’t affect its service, despite running entirely on batteries. Whatever technology was encased within the batteries of our parents’ cars that would see them suffer in the cold is not what powers the M/F Vargsund, which links the two islands of Kvaløya and Seiland in Norway’s Finnmark county. It couldn’t have been a better acid test as the ferry shot off from the quay at Klokkarøy town on January 1st with its first ever passengers aboard—temperatures had fallen to -13°F, which for our Norwegian readers is -25°C. Would you like to read more good news about Sailing , Corporate Responsibility , Arcti…