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Arctic Lapland – March 2015

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Safely back home . . . .

Posted on March 22, 2015February 12, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

This is a summary with a link to all the photos and our photobook. The blog posts below detailed what we did day by day, with the photos for each day – so track back to see whether we actually got to see the Northern Lights!! They are in reverse order with the last day at […]

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  • Arctic Lapland – March 2015

Even more snow, and ice sculpting

Posted on March 19, 2015May 15, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

Today was a totally relaxed day for our last day. Walking, watching the snow fall, reading and listening and lighting fires! The snow through our window. There was 3cm in about 3 hours: It’s Narnia outside I lit this one. A proud moment – no paper and no fire alarms!: My pyromania In the afternoon […]

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  • Arctic Lapland – March 2015

The Ice Hotel

Posted on March 18, 2015May 15, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

So we have left Muotkan Maja after a fabulous five days. After a transfer of just under 3 hours we are now at the Snow Village and Ice Hotel in Lainio. So we’ve moved from Finland’s NE Arctic region, 24 miles from the Russian border in a SW direction, still well into the Arctic circle […]

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  • Arctic Lapland – March 2015

Ice fishing and the one that got away

Posted on March 17, 2015May 15, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

A relatively early start as we were picked up at 10:00 for our hour and a bit drive to Lake Inari. It’s Finland’s third biggest lake and its massive – it reminds us of Lake Windermere. It’s completely frozen. Whilst we were there we saw people snowmobiling and people in sledged being pulled by huskies […]

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  • Arctic Lapland – March 2015

Reindeer and more Mum bravery, kind of . . .

Posted on March 16, 2015May 15, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

Another great day from Muotkan Maja. Snowmobile safari and a Reindeer farm. These machines are massive and powerful, so this had the potential to be very similar to “that jet ski experience”. However I am older and wiser, and I trust my husband implicitly – I declined to drive, not even a taster I an […]

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Huskies, huskies everywhere

Posted on March 15, 2015May 15, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

An amazing morning – we left at 9am to go to a nearby Husky ranch. We were taught all about them and then we were taught how to drive our sledge and off we went. You put one foot on brake to slow down and both feet on it to slow done more. Note the […]

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We’ve seen them!

Posted on March 14, 2015May 15, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

And they were amazing. Over 90 minutes of dancing Aurora that filled the sky above us – and by filled the sky I mean it. You didn’t know where to look. We were so lucky to see them on our first night. The forecast wasn’t so good – what do they know?! Apparently they’ve not […]

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We are now in the Arctic

Posted on March 13, 2015May 15, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

We set the alarm for 03:15 and made it on time to the airport. What a lovely airport – so much nicer than Las Vegas, which was a dump. Another great flight – defying flying on Friday 13th, and sitting on row 13! 2 firsts: our plane was sprayed with de-icer before we took off, […]

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Stage 1 – safe arrival in Helsinki

Posted on March 12, 2015May 15, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

After a perfect flight we arrived safely in Helsinki. Weather fantastic – not as cold as expected either. No thermals yet! We caught a bus into the city centre and had a wander around. It’s got some lovely buildings and it’s so clean – absolutely no rubbish on the streets. Puts the UK to shame! […]

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It’s going to be freezing . . .

Posted on March 10, 2015May 15, 2018by Sarah Isaacs

. . . but I’ve bought a bobble hat! We are off, just the two of us, to 250km into the Arctic circle, hopefully to see The Northern lights. I know we are more likely to not see them but that won’t stop us trying and having a good time. And yes I do know […]

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