Thank you.

I now have in my bucket list going to Finnmark and peeing towards Russia.

After breaking all the CCTV cameras in the area, obviously.

No need to travel - You can pee towards Russia from wherever you are. And you can aim in the direction of any country you want.

My toilets point south from the UK. Make of that what you will

but they don't know who put up the sign?

Well, they do, but they're currently languishing in a Siberian Gulag

Have you seen the sorry images that most .gov controlled CCTV cameras produce? It's almost impossible to see what people are doing on those cheap-ass pieces of shit, much less ID a perp ... To say nothing of the bird crap & etc. that builds up on the lenses.

The things might be a deterrent, but it's not because they produce usable pictures.

I have no clue about there or where you live either, but where I live, I've seen video released to the public by the Government from red light cameras (which double as stationary security cameras) about a vehicle crash (for example) and they're grainy as fuck.

However, catch a red-light ticket and that thing is all of a sudden high-def? I think they intentionally muck with the video when they those to the public versus the high-fidelity that they're actually watching and recording at.

But I have no actual knowledge, just my observation.

oh I imagine if russia want to nail you they will have some very good photos as evidence.

NCIS magic.

It is dangerous to point in the wrong direction. The liquid phase will be very short at those northerly temperatures and the arrival of a fully frozen bullet may result. And that can be interpreted as shooting across the border. With some force, you might actually cause harm.

...With some force...

That's some serious, uh, backlog.

Some dilution may be in order.

This is why Huskies stand on their fore-paws to pee and do it in spurts. If you pee continuously at very low temperatures, I understand that a little icicle grows towards your 'honourable gentleman'* quite rapidly, and can cause frostbite.

*I understand that ladies of the female persuasion pee differently, but I have no experience of that, so cannot comment.

My Husky obviously missed that day in Husky-School. Mind you, he also missed much of the "how to dog" class, too...

Most of the Huskies I have known lift their leg like other dogs, or squat like most bitches (depending on equipment). A few of the boys never learned the leg lift thing and tend to pee on their front feet. I have never seen a Husky stand on its front paws to pee.

Ice can build up on the hair surrounding the exit, not up from the target area, but this requires it to be cold enough to freeze the balls off a snooker table.

But you might be able to get away with a fart in that general direction.

Lovely Monty Python reference.

At sub-zero temperatures farts can be visible too, much as you can "see your breath" on a cold day. The effect is a bit like a squirrel tail.

The sign is the wrong way round (should be pissing out not in) and should be on the Russian side to make it clear that you are not allowed to take the piss out of Russia. ;)

The story piqued my interest because we went to that border halfway through a trip on the Hurtigruten, the Vesterålen if memory serves, which we did for our honeymoon. Can definitely recommend it.

Pretty desolate place TBH and pretty windy, but you could see the Russian guards in the distance. You couldn't help but wonder what those poor guys had done to deserve that tour of duty.

Given that the Russian military and semi-military forces are infamous for the degree of bullying and abuse that takes place amongst their ranks, to which the officers turn a blind eye, it may be that one of the safer postings is a remote Arctic border with only a dozen fellow soldiers to deal with rather than in a major army base with a dozen battalions competing over original ways to break in fresh conscripts.

The river is the border (unless the river changes it self, then the border is on land where the river used to be). Since Russia is a non-EU/EEA/EFTA country the border is as strict as it can be. This is no better in Finland with its border with Russia. The border appears clearly on Google Earth in both countries (Norway and Finland). Getting a good street view of the border with Russia is difficult for that same security reason.

Getting a good street view of the border with Russia is difficult for that same security reason.

The relevant law which was linked to in the article in The Barents Observer even states (in Norwegian) that within 1 km of a Norwegian border, photographing any neighboring country’s territory is prohibited, and the possession or use of photographic equipment is prohibited to visitors to such areas unless special permission has been granted. (Residents of such areas are allowed to possess or use photographic equipment unless they’ve been naughty, e.g. caught taking snapshots of a neighboring country’s territory.)

When we were there as a tourist I don't remember being being told that we couldn't photograph but it was a long time ago so I might be wrong about that.

What if I pee rowatds Russia from here? I can't completely guarantee I'll reach, but just wanna check before I try.

You could go to Sarah Palin's house and try there.

You expect me to fight off all those dinosaurs in her backyard? I think NOT, Comrade.

Feel free ... might want to move your keybr0ad aside before you start, though.

"if the matter is not affected by stricter penalties"

The strictest penalty is not sewing it back on when it freezes off.

To my knowledge, Russia has not been at war with either Belarus or North Korea, although it has been at war with other countries that controlled their current territories (e.g. the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Empire of Japan respectively).