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Norwegian cold break the spirit
Norwegian cold break the spirit of British troops
In the center of the Union Porsanger municipality (the most northern military base in Norway) British soldiers refuse to perform combat training tasks when they were overcome by the cold. On this edition of the Norwegian commander told The Local Center.
Nationals of the United Kingdom complain that they are not able to train in an environment where the temperature drops to minus 25 degrees.
"The British are particularly applies to health and safety. They sit in their barracks and flatly refuse to undergo any training whenever the thermometer drops below 20 degrees, "- said Lieutenant Colonel Trond Thomassen in an interview with a local newspaper.
Norwegian politician from the Labour Party Ida Catherine Balto told reporters that she was shocked by the behavior of the soldiers. "Hopefully, there will be no winter, no war!" - She joked. In her view, extreme weather conditions should only temper the soldiers. She noted that NATO "cold winter training" according to scientists at minus eight degrees.
"People would come from Finnmark" delighted "to hear that. Eight degrees in Finnmark - a beautiful autumn day ", - explained the Baltic. "But we have to remember that NATO is represented by people from around the world: it is the Germans and Spaniards, and Italians. They all live in a completely different climatic conditions, "- she concluded.
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In the center of the Union Porsanger municipality (the most northern military base in Norway) British soldiers refuse to perform combat training tasks when they were overcome by the cold. On this edition of the Norwegian commander told The Local Center.
Nationals of the United Kingdom complain that they are not able to train in an environment where the temperature drops to minus 25 degrees.
"The British are particularly applies to health and safety. They sit in their barracks and flatly refuse to undergo any training whenever the thermometer drops below 20 degrees, "- said Lieutenant Colonel Trond Thomassen in an interview with a local newspaper.
Norwegian politician from the Labour Party Ida Catherine Balto told reporters that she was shocked by the behavior of the soldiers. "Hopefully, there will be no winter, no war!" - She joked. In her view, extreme weather conditions should only temper the soldiers. She noted that NATO "cold winter training" according to scientists at minus eight degrees.
"People would come from Finnmark" delighted "to hear that. Eight degrees in Finnmark - a beautiful autumn day ", - explained the Baltic. "But we have to remember that NATO is represented by people from around the world: it is the Germans and Spaniards, and Italians. They all live in a completely different climatic conditions, "- she concluded.
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