Another winter in Lapland has passed. A winter with lots of dog sledding, winter camping, campfires, and nice guests from all over the world. More or less, everything has been good this season. We didn’t get any super cold periods with temperatures down to -45 C, we only got -35 C a few times as
Feet and toes are some of the hardest to keep warm when the cold bites in and it gets really cold outside. The most common mistake you make when buying winter boots is to buy “too small” size. Most people simply buy the size they have on all their other shoes, which feels completely obvious,
Sarek National Park is the oldest National Park in Europe and here you will find the largest moose (elk) in Europe. Hunting has been banned in Sarek for a long time and therefore the moose have the chance to grow really big and they do not become so shy to humans. These are some of
The tourist season for the summer is over and we spend most of our time with training the dogs for the approaching winter. The huskies are in good shape and is as happy and excited before every training run. If you are curious about how we train our sled dogs take a look at the
The auroral activity is intensive at the moment. Many evenings and nights the Aurora Borealis is dancing over the sky here in Jokkmokk and it seems like we are going to have another dog sledding season with lots of Northern Lights. It’s getting darker earlier and earlier and many training runs with our huskies are
Throughout history, people have always been amazed and fascinated by the green and red light dancing over the sky in the nights. In Latin it is called Aurora Borealis. We who live above the Arctic Circle see it once in a while. Even so we often stop and look up to enjoy the spectacular light
This week we had several previous guests coming back. Ulla (Sweden) who followed us on the tour The northern Kings Trail with huskies in 2009 and Paula and Franco (Italy) which followed on the tour The gate to Sarek National Park in 2010. We also got two new guests, Dorothea (Netherlands) and Terje (Norway). We
After spending two nights at Saltoluokta Mountain Station after the last tour me, 20 huskies and Lotta and Maria two gusts from Uppsala headed out with three teams south along the Kings Trail. During the first days it was cloudy and a bit windy. The third night when we were in Pårte cabin we got
