Spending the night on the Lapland Express, an Arctic sleeper train, is unlike a typical rail journey. As the train moves deeper into the frozen north, the world outside fades into darkness and snow.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car-chase movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, ...