Tag Archives: north

Please do not disturb

Posted on September 1, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

If you leave your experiment behind in the Scandinavian mountains, you will have to deal with the wildlife up there. We learned that lesson the hard way. It turns out that the high north houses a high density of reindeer, a fact we immediately noticed … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Animals, arctic, Ecology, Field season, Fieldwork, Mammal, Mountains, Nature, north, Reindeer, Scandinavia, Science, Summer, Sweden, Travel | 3 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

Summer solstice

Posted on June 23, 2014 by lembrechtsjonas

This weekend brought the longest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, and we even got blessed with fantastic summer weather. In the far north, these are the days of the splendid midnight sun, a stunning sun that stays in the sky … Continue reading →