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Snow

I image that any passing Edinburgher would have been amused – a small group of Australians, dressed for a warm lounge room, staring into the sky. Shivering, stamping our feet, but with silly grins on our faces.
After a minute, a Canadian poked his head out of the door.
“That’s not snow, it’s sleet.”
Nobody was disappointed. We [...]

The Mountain

In which our heroes conquer Sweden’s highest peak and get rather cold.
After a shortish train ride to Kiruna, and a damp night of camping in the rain, we wandered into the tourist information centre to see what there was to actually do in the Arctic. Turns out we were only about 100km from the base [...]