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Baugevatnet. A little sunshine

Hiking beyond the arctic circle may sound like a very extreme thing to do. Unknown regions, it did to me, until I knew about summer hiking routes up there and I saw the pics showing hikers in shorts and a t-shirt on a snow-free landscape. So it wasn't about ever under freezing temps or windswept barrens... from then on, Lapland and Nordkalottleden became outstanding in my list.

Planning for this route wasn't easy. At the time, there was little information, either on the net or in print, and only little bits could be found in english or any other language I could understand. In the following pages, I'll try to fill that gap from the (necessaryly limited) perspective of a one time hiker. Don't expect a deep knowledge from the area here but I'll try to stick to the facts as I perceived them and not make assumptions. Or say so when I do.

Planning

First impressions

Recalling

Environment

Ultralight in the arctic

Logistics

Gear performance analysis

Slide show

Route (coming up in the not so near future...)