Photo posted on Övertorneå‘s website

There were some really nice Northern Lights last night. Despite the -22 degree weather, I decided to stand out in a foot of icy snow to try and capture them with my camera. I managed to get a few good shots, and the Övertorneå Community posted one of them on their home page.

I think this is the first time I was able to photograph the lights from the southern side of the house, so you can get an idea of the size of this light show. It wasn’t the brightest lights we’ve seen here, or the most active, but the shapes were amazing. At one point the streaks of light came together in one central point, making a kind of ring with star like rays shooting out from it.

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The Jokkmokk Market

As noted in the previous post, Kalle, Kicki and I drove to the ‘Coldest Market in the World” yesterday. The Jokkmokk Market.

The market was huge, packed with visitors from all across Lapland, and yes, COLD. I don’t know how the vendors were able to stand around their booths all day. I was absolutely freezing after only a couple hours in the -15 degree weather, but after a little time in a heated museum/restaurant, we were back out on the streets checking out the rest of the vendors… well, for a little longer anyway.

After a quick bite to eat it was time for the drive home, this time there would be no bright sun light. In it’s place was glowing clouds and a light dusting of snow.

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Driving to the Jokkmokk Market

Yesterday Kalle, Kicki and I drove to the Jokkmokk Market in, well… Jokkmokk.

Dubbed the “Coldest Market in the World”, the Jokkmokk Market was started in 1602 and now attracts over 20 thousand visitors every year.

The three hour drive from Juoksengi to Jokkmokk was beautiful, mostly due to the snow covered trees and an incredible sunrise.

More about the market itself in the next post.

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