Northern Lights

The lights came out at around 1am (GMT +2) our time and even though only brief was a spectacular to behold. As they dance across the sky in shades of green and yellow there is something mysterious about it.

AsIi got up to go out I chucked my jeans on and a coat with just a base-layer underneath, hiking shoes with no insulation and as soon as I was on the lake the experience was brutal. At -14F (-26C) my jeans began to freeze as I stood there not moving, the tips of my fingers began to experience pins and needles, the eyelashes on my face froze  so that when you blink they stick ever so slightly to the top of your cheek. When you inhale deeply through your nose your nasal passage freezes at this temperature and breathing in deeply can lead to coughing.

Safe to say I went in after around 15 minutes, having seen it last year and having the incorrect clothes on.

As I wake up this morning, I have been up for about 2 hours and no one is up yet. Ive had my Weetabix and onto my second cup of coffee(which is extortionate out here, around 6-8 Euros for one bag of filter). We head off at 11 in to the freezing fog that has descended leaving a great experience behind us and onto another part of the Arctic Circle. We are also popping in, ever so briefly, to Sweden to see a man about a cheese slice.

Here are some of my favourite photos from here.