2024-03-19 Saasriselkä - Northern Lights Village - Aurora Cabin 33 - Aurora windows for watching the sky while in bed
2024-03-22 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Catherine wearing Icelandic woolen scarf and mittens, 1977 Christmas gifts from Richard.
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2024-03-19 Saasriselkä - Northern Lights Village - Sledding hill
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2024-03-19 Saasriselkä - Northern Lights Village - All brakes on as Catherine slides down the hill
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2024-03-19 Saasriselkä - Northern Lights Village - Safely at the bottom of the hill
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2024-03-19 Saasriselkä - Northern Lights Village - Slippery hilltop proves challgening to septuagenarian with diminutive sled
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2024-03-19 Saasriselkä - Northern Lights Village - Richard's personal best falls short of the hill's distance record–too much overhang
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 19h59 Aurora borealis shoot - After a group snowshoe trek to view the northern lights, Richard begins a nimble 70-minute dance around the spindly legs of his tripod. A clear sky augers well, but the absence of visible aurora activity does not.
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2024-03-19 2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h04 Aurora shoot - Older eyes perceive a beautiful night sky lit by stars and the moon, but no northern lights. Meanwhile, a pair of more youthful eyes, and the camera, have already spotted their fleeting spectral presence.
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h11 Aurora shoot - A selfie. We had no idea the we were being photo-bombed by the aurora couldn't see.
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h09 Aurora borealis shoot - Although Catherine searches the sky in vain, the camera captures the northern lights hugging the horizon among the trees.
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h14 Aurora shoot - In the opposite direction from where the aurora should appear, the moon and several constallation shine in the night sky.
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h15 Aurora shoot - Only a few stalwarts continue brave the cold as a satellite streaks across sky. Most of our group huddle within the warmth of a Sámi laavu.
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h20 Aurora shoot - Another sky photo reveals three satellites streaking across the sky during a 16-second exposure.
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h34 Aurora shoot - Laavu with snowshoes - It's cold out here. Nothing yet and the group is preparing to return.
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h36 Aurora shoot - First all-eyes sighting. Patience reaps its reward as the heavens begin to reveal the grandeur of the aurora borealis.
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h49 Aurora shoot
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h54 Aurora shoot
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2024-03-19 Saariselkä - 22h56 Aurora shoot - Catherine's camera has broken in the cold, her hand-held iPhone yields this image.
2024-03-19 Saasriselkä - Northern Lights Village - 23h47 Aurora borealis
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2024-03-19 Saasriselkä - Northern Lights Village - 23h55 Aurora borealis and moon
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾Ruff! Our team has pulled the last position, so we patiently wait to tow our two new trainees.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾Perhaps just enough time for a little snooze.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾Is that really Biff the Michelan Man who's our new driver? Woof, not impressed.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾We're off and running, approaching the power-line straights.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾The male trainee is still braking. We can't let the other sleds get too far ahead or we'll get a snowmobile checking on our progress.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾Grrr, there's that snowmobile now.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾We'll just stop here until that get things untangled up ahead.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾Finally out of the woods and moving along again.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾All stop again and we were just getting warmed up.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾There's the snow fence ahead. Almost halfway, but these trainees haven't a clue.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾There's that old tree. We've reached halfway on our 10km run.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - Photo-op at the halfway change-over point.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾It's been a rough pull with that big guy on the runners.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾Just kidding; he did all right for his first time.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - Richard onboard Catherine driving
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - 🐾Aw, come on, we've stopped us again? It's downhill!
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - All 11 teams visible.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - In the distance, the Ivalo-Saariselkä road and the Kaunispää Triangulation Tower on the hilltop.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - Catherine on the runners and Richard in the cargo bed.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - Winding through the woods.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - Home stretch
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - Catherine safely back. Note the snow on her hat and the brake bar next to her left foot.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - Having fallen off the sled runners when the sled lurched foward after a stop, Catherine grabbed the brake bar and hung on while being dragged through the snow. Having long arms, her passenger was able to reach back, push down the brake and stop the sled.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding - Richard and Catherine with their dog team.
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2024-03-21 Saariselkä - Northern Lights Village - Dogsledding kota - Richard and puppy
2024-03-22 Saariselkä - Cross-country skiing - Giving it a try, knowing when to call it a day.
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2024-03-22 Saariselkä - Urho Kekkosen kansallispuisto•Urho Kekkonen National Park - Entrance lavvu
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2024-03-22 Saariselkä - Cross-country skiing - Cold-weather overalls not recommended—truly a mobile sauna on skis experience.
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2024-03-22 Saariselkä - Cross-country skiing - Sore abductor muscles attest to a noteworthy effort to keep this skier upright. Amazingly, his only fall was one of volition made while careening off course toward trees on a downhill curve.
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2024-03-22 Grindelwald - Ski de fond en Suisse, 1975—à la recherche du temps perdu. Cross-country skiing was so much easier once upon a time. Was the Swiss snow more forgiving? Was it wearing my own skis, shoes and sporty red socks? Or...maybe just being forty-nine years younger?
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