Introduction

Russia's assault on ukraine has sent shock waves along the thousand miles of its border with countries in the european union. Some people are scared that the iron curtain will come down again. To understand why, let's look to arctic circle, to the northern tip of norway's border with russia. The city of hirkenes is norway's best known border town with r Russia. Lately, it's also known for its hawke team. That's thanks to this television series about the hirkene puckers. They play in a mostly russian hawke leage.