Category Archives: Sweden

Catching the Arctic summer

Posted on September 3, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

When summer treats you kindly in the Arctic, there is no better place to be. Summers are short up in the north, however, so you’ll need to be lucky to catch them. We were very lucky this year, and were … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Hiking, Landscape photography, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Science, Travel, Travel photography | 1 Comment

You’ll never hike alone

Posted on August 18, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

It can be quiet lonely out in the mountains: the open vastness of the alpine tundra, the kilometers of rolling mountains in the distance without a soul in sight, or the silence that resonates through the rustling of leaves and … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Sweden, Switzerland | Tagged Alps, Animal photography, Animals, Ecology, Fieldwork, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Scandinavia, Science, Travel photography | 2 Comments

FEASTing in Abisko

Posted on August 14, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

It promised to be a windy day with some scattered rain clouds, when we head out to mount Nuolja to join the FEAST-project. FEAST stands for Functional Ecology of Alpine SysTems, a large-scale project to assess soil conditions in mountains … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Ecology, Landscape photography, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Scandinavia, Science, Travel, Travel photography | Leave a comment

Hot

Posted on July 20, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Fieldwork in northern Scandinavia, above the polar circle. What is the first things that come to your mind? Sunstroke? Shorts and t-shirts at midnight? Probably not. And yet, that was what we got in the first days of this summer’s … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Fieldwork, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Science, Travel, Travel photography | 2 Comments

Throwback December

Posted on December 11, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Visit the new picture gallery on the right of this blog: Sweden and Norway 2017! It’s never too late to remember the summer. With snow currently probably packed high on the Scandinavian mountain tops, and the sun again hidden … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Norway, Sweden | Tagged Animal photography, Dog, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Scandinavia, Sweden, Travel, Travel photography | Leave a comment

That damn snow again

Posted on July 28, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

During last year’s field trip to Sweden, at the very end of August, an early autumn snowstorm threw us of the mountain. You can (re)read the account of that humbling hike here. We were beaten. Defeated. Nature’s powers were too strong. … Continue reading →