Laura Galloway is the author of Dalvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra. She's a writer and communications strategist who began her career at the Los Angeles Times and holds a Master of Arts in Indigenous Journalism from the Sámi University in Kautokeino, Norway. I read about her in a magazine and just knew I had to invite her onto the podcast. Her book is gorgeous.

We talk about:

- The many and varied places Laura has lived and how different life is now

- What the word DALVI means and why Laura wrote the book

- The impetus for moving to the Arctic

- The pain of Laura's childhood

- Why Laura stayed in the north after her relationship with the reindeer herder ended

- How Laura assimilated into Arctic living

- What Laura misses about the frozen north

- What touched Laura so deeply about this part of the world

- Living in endless day and endless night

- How we can live more simply and why that matters

- The deep friendships Laura made

- Getting vulnerable about sharing one's story and healing from that

- How best to start an exciting new venture

- The wonders of Sapmi – formerly known as Lapland

And more!

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