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 […]
I had told Olof Thomas (OT) my boss and reindeer herder that Amanda, the anthropologist, and I, the ever curious food/farming enthusiast, would love to accompany him on any reindeer related expeditions he might have. Sure enough one week after meeting him he was calling to ask if we wanted to see a big fall […]
