...worth more than a thousand words
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View from Käyrästunturi Fell
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Boreal forest
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View from Käyrästunturi Fell
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A year at Korvala
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Mid-Winter twilight
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Midday late January |
Korvala cabins late January |
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Ladies snowmobiling in double snowsuits at -34C in January
Tundra in late January
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Luosto Fell from Käyrästunturi |
Käyrästunturi summit cabin, February |
Snowmobile route to Käyrästunturi |
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Korvala cabins in March |
Lunch stop during snowmobile safari |
Korvala cabins |
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Locals showing our guests how to fish through an ice hole, April |
Through 95cm of ice enough fish is caught for dinner! |
More fishing at our lake Tunturilampi in the wilderness in April |
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Siberians - the most ancient of dog breeds
A husky was the original man’s best friend
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Poro-Hannu, our reindeer herder |
Snowshoe treking, late April |
Sauna cabin in Spring sunlight |
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Midnight in May! |
May snow showers slow down the Spring thaw |
First fishing trip while the lake ice melts in early June |
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Hay-making in July |
Down on the beach in a hot July, daily temperatures 28C - 32C |
Campsite, early August |
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Early September mists bring in Autumn |
The restaurant basks in the evening sunlight of late September |
Beautiful Autumn colours |
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Fish catch the last insects of Autumn preparing for a 7-8 month winter |
Sirius waiting for Winter! |
A thin covering of snow on thin ice one early morning in late October |
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Early snows usually melt but by November the frosts have been severe enough to freeze the lake for the duration of winter |
December brings guests in search of winter wonderland, a genuine Christmas and no sunlight! |
Father Christmas
enjoying a nice cup of hot chocolate by the fire in our restaurant |