Camp Ripan Kiruna
Campingvagen 5 Kiruna, Norrbotten, Lapland, 98135 , Sweden
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We Survive an Icey Night
... Jukkasjarvi on foot. A Winter postcard town that is nice to visit.
After a wrap lunch book into our "warm" hotelroom which is really over 4 star. As we have a late night ahead we decide on a nanna nap.
At 7pm we get our cold clothing for a snowmobile tour for a few hours. After a short briefing we are speeding two-up on snowmobiles across the river and into the forests. We travelled for 1.5 hours into the deep ...
Not all that Glitters is Diamond!
This morning we woke up to the most gorgeous (cold) sunny Arctic morning. As usual Bob cooked bacon for us and we had our usual sumptuous breakfast.
The amazing dogs had their usual gruel of defrosted, shredded reindeer meat, water and dried chunks. They love the stuff.
Jon and I had an expert round of "golf" and then we were off.
The most amazing sight was the fresh snow from yesterday in the sunlight - it was like seeing a world covered ...
The world is covered in snow and trees!
... there was no cloud and so I could look down at this world of snow and trees. There was even pack ice over the ocean!
Once in Kiruna we drove 10min to the Musher's Lodge in Kaupinnen. Once here we got our kit and were introduced to the dogs. The ...
Into the Arctic
... looked at first like a dim green shower curtain, pulsating, changing shapes. It was simply amazing and I could not look away. At first it was just a small bit of sky, over a mountaintop, but as the lights of the city turned off, the sky just over the horizon lit up and waved like a translucent bed sheet blowing in the wind.
A few minutes later I started about digging a hole in which I'd sleep. I laid my sleeping bag down, cooked a few hotdogs with a ...



