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Hotel Rallaren Kiruna

Kiruna, Norrbotten, Lapland, Sweden

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Kiruna 23.7 - 26.7 & 14.8 - 17.8 2009

A travel blog entry by swedengrouptrip

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Lapland is the far north county of Sweden, home to the Sami minority and their exotic culture and traditions - symbolised by - amongst others - by the reindeer. Of special interest is Jukkasjarvi Church, decorated by famous Swedish artist. Lapland's main settlement is Kiruna, featuring world's largest underground mine (iron ore). Most of all, …

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We go fro cold to colder

A travel blog entry by mickq1

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... room is at about -18 degrees. What concerns us most is the staff talking about "surviving" the ice rooms.

After a hearty dinner and messing about we change and run to our room. Running around at -18 in long johns is testing. Quickly manage to get out of boots and into arctic sleeping bag. Initially the feeling was surreal in a large ice room on an ice bed. Soon the warmth takes over and I am off to land of ...

In search of Santa

A travel blog entry by hughhack

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... dog bowl fastened top a wooden plank. The other guys put all the bowls around you and then you start scooping and they take the food off to the dogs. Some of the dogs then immediately tip their bowls onto the snow to get rid of the water.
After breakfast we packed and harnessed our teams and were off. The dogs love the running and they are absolutely crazy with anticipation just before you set off.
Today we passed through a nature reserve while it ...

Into the Arctic with Refat and Rune

A travel blog entry by hughhack

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... lodge allocated our teams. My team consists of two crazy hyperactive male lead dogs Refat and Rune. They are brothers and surprisingly small dogs. Refat is particulary friendly and loves jumping up to you and getting a nice cuddle! In the middle I have Goggo. She's a very pretty dog and quite excited. At the back I have Uno and Jim. Uno is a crazy girl and when the sled is stopped she scrapes at the snow and lunges forward, ensuring that I need to keep my foot firmly on ...

Into the Arctic

A travel blog entry by bryancoxwell

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... deviation between magnetic north and Grid north (GM angle) was so extreme it was visible and seemed to be between 20-30 degrees. Any place I've ever done land nav, the angle was just about negligible, but I could imagine it'd make any sort of long range walking with map and compass a real headache. If none of that makes sense, I apologize for rambling. These are just the things I find interesting.
I'm back in Stockholm, heading to Denmark soon. I'll update soon. ...

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