NORWAY // Obsession is a funny thing. It drives many a sane man to distraction or, in the case of Morten Lund, to the muddy depths of a Norwegian fjord.
Five years ago, Mr Lund, a Scandinavian Volkswagen enthusiast, heard the tale of a 1957 Volkswagen Samba camper van that had been pushed into the bottom of a fjord by its frustrated owner after the gearbox gave out.
Knowing a thing or two about this rare example of an early camper van, Mr Lund set about trying to locate the sunken Samba.
He employed a team of divers who eventually found the vehicle lying upside down in 50 metres of glacial waters. Happily, Mr Lund has now recovered the Samba using an industrial hoist and intends to restore the camper to show condition.
Election pledges on migration
CDU: "Now is the time to control the German borders and enforce strict border rejections"
SPD: "Border closures and blanket rejections at internal borders contradict the spirit of a common area of freedom"
Brief scoreline:
Wales 1
James 5'
Slovakia 0
Man of the Match: Dan James (Wales)
Know your Camel lingo
The bairaq is a competition for the best herd of 50 camels, named for the banner its winner takes home
Namoos - a word of congratulations reserved for falconry competitions, camel races and camel pageants. It best translates as 'the pride of victory' - and for competitors, it is priceless
Asayel camels - sleek, short-haired hound-like racers
Majahim - chocolate-brown camels that can grow to weigh two tonnes. They were only valued for milk until camel pageantry took off in the 1990s
Millions Street - the thoroughfare where camels are led and where white 4x4s throng throughout the festival
At a glance - Zayed Sustainability Prize 2020
Launched: 2008
Categories: Health, energy, water, food, global high schools
Prize: Dh2.2 million (Dh360,000 for global high schools category)
Winners’ announcement: Monday, January 13
Impact in numbers
335 million people positively impacted by projects
430,000 jobs created
10 million people given access to clean and affordable drinking water
50 million homes powered by renewable energy
6.5 billion litres of water saved
26 million school children given solar lighting