| This is my second sled-dog tour with Bjørn Klauer, who lives
somewhat remote in northern Norway (near Narvik, see map). The first tour
is described here
. This time, I went there at the end of the season, in April. Actually, we
first planned a tour on Svalbard, which was cancelled (but will hopefully
take place in spring 2001), after that a tour from the Russian border to
Innset (cancelled as well). Finally, it became a tour from Innset to Jukkasjärvi
an back, a trip about 9 days to go, making some 380 k's - we had quite excellent
snow conditions and the weather was fine as well, except for the first day,
where we drove in a quite refreshing drizzle to Bjørn's Lavuo. Temperatures
where quite warm, only one night at -10 deg C, the others where even warmer.
The most amazing fact that I always will remember is that we gained some 15
minutes of daylight per day!! I.e. every day, the "day" was a quarter of
an hour longer, which comes to 2 1/2 hours in 10 days!! |
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The schedule of out trip, all coordinates are in Swedish Grid &
RT90 (even those in Norway), measured with a Garmin GPS12 and an EPE of about
10m:
- 08/4-2000: Arrival at Bjørn Klauer's Huskyfarm
- 09/4-2000: Instructions & a nice trip through slight
drizzle to the Lavuo
- 10/4-2000: Politiodden cabin (O 1660927, N 7608100)
- 11/4-2000: cross-country to-wards Jukkasjärvi, putting
up the tent at O 16344162, N 7580090
- 12/4-2000: Moving on to O 1711191, N 7548403
- 13/4-2000: Nameless hut near Jukkasjärvi at O 1723525,
N 7548272
- 14/4-2000: A loop around the scooter chaos in Jukkasjärvi,
then heading back to the Poilitiodden cabin. Camp at O 1692259, N 7549608
- 15/4-2000: Camp at O 1680781, N 7578944
- 16/4-2000: Politiodden cabin
- 17/4-2000: Holiday for the dogs and snowshoe tour for
the humans
- 18/4-2000: Back to Bjørns place in Innset: sauna
and beer!
- 19/4-2000: Nothing special...
- 20/4-2000: Flight home
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