I had heard many good things about Saltoluokta Fjällstation, a Swedish mountain lodge, located just outside of the Laponia World Heritage Site near the border with Norway. Not only is the scenery beautiful, but the 100 year old lodge is charming and isolated and they cook some of the best food around. In December I […]
When Amanda received a grant to do anthropological research in Northern Sweden I began mentally preparing for a long and very dark winter. Our first stop in Sweden was Stockholm, which is considered southern Sweden but is about as far north as Anchorage Alaska. When I would tell people that I would be living in […]
Since Jokkmokk is located above the Arctic Circle, I figured it would be cold. I grew up in New Hampshire, so I am no stranger to cold weather, having seen -30°F before. Imagine my surprise when it was colder in Florida than here in northern Sweden when a polar vortex descended upon the U.S. and […]
