Tag Archives: Mountains

A hare’s tail

Posted on January 25, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

It is one of my all-time favorite plants from the high north: cottongrass (called Eriophorum vaginatum on its passport). It should be obvious why it is often named the ‘hare’s tail cottongrass’. But this fluffy appearance only hides one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden, The research | Tagged Abisko, Abroad, Alpine plants, Ecology, Mountains, Plants, Research, Subarctic, Surviving | 2 Comments

Travelling

Posted on January 16, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

The future looks bright! There is some new traveling on the way and I am already looking forward to share the experience with you all. Next month will start with a visit to the Canary Islands, some volcanic rocks in … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Abroad, Adventure, Andes, Mount Tarn, Mountains, Ocean, Punta Arenas, Travelling | 6 Comments

The lake of the trolls

Posted on January 4, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

A serious candidate for ‘most impressive place of the world’: At the far end of the valley of the trolls lies a lake. It is the clearest lake of Sweden and surrounded on all sides by steep mountains. It barely … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Abroad, Adventure, Autumn, Lake, Mountains, Plants, Subarctic, Sweden, Trolls | 1 Comment

Trolls (!)

Posted on January 1, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

I start the year with a nostalgic post about my visit to Sweden in July to cheer up those brave Scandinavians in the far north that don’t have much daylight at the moment. There is this one valley in Lapland where … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Abisko, Abroad, Adventure, Lapland, Mountains, Mythology, Rocks, Scandinavia, Subarctic, Sweden, Trolls | 1 Comment

The good…

Posted on November 11, 2013 by lembrechtsjonas

Chili is a land of extremes. The places where people could have their way with the environment are mostly awful, but as soon as you get away from the bad influences of the cities, environment improve a lot. We drove … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile | Tagged Abroad, Adventure, Mountains, Subantarctic | 4 Comments

The attraction of mountains

Posted on October 23, 2013 by lembrechtsjonas

There is something wonderfully attractive about mountains. They whisper this one message in your head: ‘Go just a little bit further, only up that rock! Think about the view!’ Of course, you listen, no doubt about it! Mountains are not … Continue reading →