April 17-29, 2011
Overnight train to Rovaniemi with a car plus 350-400 km drive north from the Arctic Circle. 4 days in the wilderness of Lemmenjoki National Park skiing and photographing by myself. Wonderful. I left the compass in my car so just had the map and the sun to get around. No people anywhere until the last evening. After skiing for 7 hrs I was tired but welcomed an invitation for a cup of coffee at a reindeer herder’s cabin which was close by my ski route. I ended up spending the evening & night talking + partying with 3 local reindeer herders in the middle of nowhere. Lots of fun. I was so far north that the darkness never arrived.