The first evening within the Arctic Circle is proving to be a very relaxing one. I'm sat in the bar being entertained by Dutch piss artist regailing tales about the northern lights and intrepid adventures on a snowmobile.
A cool crisp pint of Lapin Finish beer is close by my side. A very nice lager indeed!
A herd of reindeer are milling around outside, probably trying to find bits of lichen underneath the thick snow.
The Taxi driver from the airport was once again a bit of a legend. Not a surfer this time - but a snowmobile racer!
He happen to drop into the conversation that his biggest ever jump on a snowmobile was 43m! He is a little short of the world record of 184m, but neverless this is a ridiculous distance to fly through the air on a 250 kg chunk of metal!
So here in the deep freeze - lots of activities to keep the winter enthusiast very happy indeed. Some great skiing, incredible snowmobiling, Husky mushing, Ice fishing, great food, friendly people............and a winter paradise to explore! Good work if you can get it I suppose......
Only the bitterly cold temperatures, and some uncooth typical ignorant brits doing their best to contribute to noise pollution levels to complain about..
Peace out!
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