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Since seeing it documented on TV in NZ, I have wanted to stay at the Ice Hotel in Kiruna, Sweden for a long time. In additional we decided to make to the most of our time there and try our hand at dog sleging, snow mobiling, igloo building and ice fishing. |
 | One of the local Sami people given us a short talk about indigenous reindeer herders that live in the lapland region. |
 | Rudolf perhaps, nope no red nose. Blizten maybe. |
 | Alaskan Husky number 1. |
 | Back in the kennel. |
 | Chained up at the wilderness lodge after a hard days mushing. |
 | Ready to go. |
 | The first wilderness hut that we stayed at. No indoor toilets, running outside in the middle of the night in -20 celcius was an experience. |
 | Drilling holes in the ice for fishing. |
 | Arctic Anglers Association. |
 | Sure there are some fish down there somewhere. |
 | Building the igloo. |
 | Gemma loading snow onto the igloo. |
 | Hollowing out the inside. |
 | Getting stuck in. |
 | Sunset across the lake near the wilderness hut. |
 | The second wilderness hut, where we stopped on the overnight trip with the dogs. |
 | The view across the lake. |
 | Mushers Logde the home base. |