Experiencing the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is on many people’s bucket list and, when seen, they offer a tantalising display of nature at her most beautiful. But, seeking the notoriously elusive aurora can be a
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The Highs and Lows of Searching for the Northern Lights
"An obsession consumed me, and the more I saw, the more I wanted"Relentless blasts of icy wind grasped at the exposed skin of my cheeks, the only flesh not covered in layers of wool and
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What a Year! 2011 in Pictures
It's the end of another year and with New Year's Eve just around the corner it's the time to reflect on the year that has gone before. 2011 was a good year. Living in Sweden
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The Arctic Journals #4 Aurora Borealis
“The Aurora blazed all of a sudden into brilliant life… a thousand miles high and ten thousand miles long: dipping, soaring, undulating, glowing, a cataract of glory." This is Philip Pullman’s description of the Aurora
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The Arctic Journals #3 Cross-Country Skiing
There are two things that I have always disliked: sport and being cold. For this reason I have never understood why people want to go skiing. Skiing holidays baffle me, why would anybody pay a
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The Arctic Journals #2 Northern Lights Apartments
We were met on the road by Patricia Cowern, owner of the Northern Lights Apartments and Arctic-Color gallery in Porjus, who greeted us warmly and led the way to our cabin. The complex comprises of
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The Arctic Journals #1 A Long Journey
A typical carriage At 19.22 the train pulled out of Stockholm’s Central Station and our 17 hour journey into Swedish Lapland began. Our destination: Porjus, a small village approximately 100km north of the Polar Circle,
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