Unlike Antarctica, which is protected by an international agreement, numerous countries lay claim to parts of the Arctic, which makes it hard to pin down exactly how many tourists visit the region each summer, when the sun does not set below the horizon and the ice melts enough to allow expedition ships passage to the remote wilderness.

BBC: Life in the fragile, frozen Arctic

As a traveling golfer you will inevitably play courses that are unfamiliar, and you will have questions about distances, and the laser solves them quickly and easily, and can measure not just the pin, but to trees, mounds, people, and other objects for lay-up or carry distances.

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