17 DECEMBER 1983, page 20

The Land Of The Fat

A. M. Daniels L anding in Nauru after having flown over seemingly endless miles of glisten- ing blue Pacific, one feels like con- gratulating the pilot for having found so small......

The Ptarmigan Mountain

Andrew Brown A round 700 miles north of Stockholm the pine forest thins out, breaks into individual trees, and then is gone, leaving the low hills covered only by snow. Scrub......