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Hurtigruten: 5 day TV marathon using Google Earth and Maps

My workplace, The Norwegian Public Service broadcaster NRK ,  is currently transmitting a 134 hour boat trip along the coast of Norway, live and non stop! It's already a big hit on Norwegian TV . Hurtigruten , the Norwegian Express Line , has for well over 100 years been the backbone of coastal Norway, bringing people and goods up and down the weather-beaten coast. Viewers are able to follow every minute of the trip on NRK’s channel 2. You can see the live position of the ship,  MS Nordnorge , on Google Earth (updated every 10 seconds): [ Fullscreen ] The live stream is available below and at  nrk.no/hurtigruten  from Thursday June 16th 2011 until the ship lands in Kirkenes Wednesday June 22nd. Don't expect a lot of action, just relax and follow the great scenery - this is Slow TV! There's also a Flickr photostream  and a twitter hashtag #hurtigruten . The video material from the forward facing camera and an export from all the sh...