Tuesday, June 24, 2008

68° North 18° East


This is North. This is 200 km above the arctic circle. This is Riksgränsen!

Believe it or not, Robin, myself, Steve and Kim went skiing/snowboarding up there. It was awesome, we more or less had the mountain to ourselves.

We had a great time checking out the town of Kiruna. Not to mention our fantastic snowmobile tour to the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi led by a great guy by the name of Lief. I think the best part of that trip was Lief, an incredibly hospitable guy and host for our tour.

Our second night in Kiruna was a bit of a mess up as we got kicked out of our hotel. But lief was there to save the day and put us up in a cottage just out of Kiruna. We got to see the northern lights that night.... truly amazing.