The most gripping thing I’m watching on my phone? Swedish moose migrating in real time | Claire Cohen

Claire Cohen - TheGuardian - 09:11
No music, no script, no narration, no editing – slow TV like this is exactly the balm we need these days, says journalist Claire Cohen

Do you reach for your phone first thing in the morning as soon as you wake up? Me too. Only, for the past week, it’s not my WhatsApp, email or social media I’ve been desperate to check, but how many moose have managed to swim across the Ångerman river overnight.

I know. I need more going on in my life, right? How else to explain my fascination with watching dozens of Swedish moose (yes, moose is the plural of moose, sadly not “meese”) undertake their annual spring migration to summer pastures?

Except, it’s not just me. Last year, the 24-hour online live stream – which sees Sweden’s national broadcaster SVT deploy 12 miles of cable and 34 cameras along the route these animals have taken since the ice ag...
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