Where can I see the Aurora when traveling?

If one of the wishes on your wish list is to "see the Northern Lights", you may want to start planning to go to Lapland, Sweden to realize this wish this year, because there will be The chances of catching the spectacle of the Northern Lights are excellent. According to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) predictions, the strongest solar particle burst in the past decade will occur in the fall and winter of this year. [hiPandora.com]

However, this is just one of the many reasons why I recommend everyone to explore here. Below, I want to share three stories to tell you why I fell in love with this magical place.

Chasing the Northern Lights

Teacher Peter Rosen led his four students-Henrik, Yvonne, Oona and me, dragging heavy steps, While "stumbling" forward in the snow, they shouted and cheered. At that time, we were very close to the Nuolja peak. Everyone took their own cameras and pointed at the sky to take pictures. Everyone was amazed by the twinkling stars in the sky and the dancing green ribbons everywhere. Peter set up his tripod at the Aurora Sky Station and attempted to record the beautiful swirling and folding aurora borealis at various times in Abisko National Park, Lapporten and Tometrask Lake.

His eyes seemed to be shining, and he kept repeating to us the "crazy scenes" that excited him in the past few days in Lapland. Peter's energy and excitement have always been contagious to the rest of us in some way. Although he started his professional photography career in 1999 in Lapland, Sweden, and has made remarkable achievements in academia, he is still obsessed with these fascinating scenes and hopes to achieve academic excellence through himself. The achievements have brought out more groups of new people who are addicted to it.

Even though these wonderful natural landscapes have unpredictable characteristics, following Professor Peter’s footsteps in chasing these magical aurora has many benefits for us: we can avoid encountering a large number of auroras from around the world. Travelers from all over the world can explore the mysteries of Kiruna and Jukkasjarvi more deeply, and at the same time, they can freely customize our "adventure" plan according to their own settings for viewing locations and periods. , to find a more refined and clear view. Enjoy the influence of Sami culture

A Sami old man Anders Karrstedt told us: "We don't have to herd reindeer. On the contrary, the reindeer herd us." It was when I heard these words from the old man , I began to understand how profound the living relationship between the Sami people and this creature with huge antlers was before our eyes.

It was in Sammy's lonely country house. The decoration of the room was very simple. After the old man invited us to drink a pot of hot water, we all lay down in our sleeping bags, barely kept warm by the wood-burning fireplace in the hut. The conditions of the toilet are also very crude, and water can only appear by turning on the water pump manually. However, these facilities are more than enough for us. In this simple and ethereal land, the tedious details of real life have long been forgotten by the people living here.

The Sami people refer to the quasi-indigenous people living in various regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia, among which the Sami people, who account for about one-third of the population of 70,000, live in In Lapland, Sweden. The reindeer has undoubtedly become the most important symbol and symbol in their culture.

During our stay at Aders’ home, we tried to try the most traditional way of life of the Sami people – driving a reindeer sleigh. At this time, less than 10 meters away from us, 28-year-old Jacob was busy feeding his more than 100 reindeer, most of which came from the tundra between Norway and Sweden. Our guide Nils helped us select a few stronger male reindeer from this group of reindeer, and then began to show us how to train these reindeer gently and harshly, and taught us how to control them in this boreal forest and frozen lake. Shuttle travel.

Dancing with Huskies

“We met through online chat.” Matti Holm was very candid while grilling sausages on his hands. Tell us a story. At that time we were sitting next to Skabram Lake not far from the town of Jokkmokk. "She fell in love with living in the wild just like me." He continued the topic.

Marty came here from central Sweden all the way north to study ecology. However, his passion for the wild made him stop in Swedish Lapland and stay there all year round. He then started training his first huskies in 1994 and started his own outdoor adventure company a year later. When he first started dating Stina Svensson, the girl had never been to Lapland. But after Stina came to Lapland for the first time, she fell in love with Lapland and Marty instantly.

Immediately afterwards, Stina moved here and started a happy cohabitation life with Marty.

After so many years, they already own nearly 40 Siberian huskies, and they also operate what is known as Lapland’s most popular wilderness survival travel route, which includes multi-day treks through spectacular Adventure trip to Padjelanta and Sarek National Parks. Generally speaking, top racing dogs can run 250 kilometers in a day. However, most Huskies like Marty and Stina will run further in a day if they are well cared for and fed. .

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