Tag Archives: Mountains

Use the light you have

Posted on July 16, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

When time is short and work takes long, the midnight sun truly is a blessing. We had been climbing for a whole day to find a nice location to install our new experiment at one thousand meters, when it turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Hiking, midnight sun, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Research, Summer, Sweden, Tourism, Travel, Travelling | 5 Comments

The fellowship goes up

Posted on July 9, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

We wanted to have our new experimental plots at 1000 meter above sea level, an easy decision on paper that however resulted in a lot of climbing in real life. We had to get up, up and up, higher and higher, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Adventure, arctic, Birds, Fieldwork, Hiking, Mountains, north, Photography, Science, Snow, Summer, Sweden, Travel, Travelling, Trekking | 2 Comments

The most beautiful view on the lake

Posted on July 7, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

The north of Europe is a land filled with mountains and lakes. All these amazing views make the extraordinary ordinary, as the nicest viewpoint is just around every corner. I realized that by the end of the week, we will have seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Amazing views, Europe, Fieldwork, Hiking, Lake, Lake törneträsk, Mountains, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Summer, Sweden, Travel, Traveling | 8 Comments

Pretty flowers and angry lemmings

Posted on July 5, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

The first day of our field trip to Abisko was already a big win. We had both weather ànd nature on our site, which resulted in some unforgettable views and moments. We left Belgium in warm summer weather, but skies in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged arctic, Climbing, Ecology, Fieldwork, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Snow, Subarctic, Summer, Sweden, Tourism, Travel | 2 Comments

California!

Posted on May 27, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

All my traveling and working abroad really starts to pay off! I will present the results of my first paper from Northern Scandinavia on the biggest ecology congress there is: the ESA conference in Sacramento, California, in August this year! This opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands, Chile, Luxemburg, Sweden, Tanzania, USA | Tagged America, Belgium, Chile, Conference, ESA, Lapland, Luxembourg, Mountains, Photography, Research, Science, Tanzania, Tenerife, Travel, Travelling, USA | 11 Comments

The ultimate measuring experience

Posted on May 24, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

They look like tiny batteries, round metal cells that hide a measuring instrument and a little bit of memory-space. They are (relatively) cheap and very robust. They are called iButtons and they are more valuable to me than an iPhone. This is … Continue reading →