Tag Archives: Snow

Barbeque is not on the menu

Posted on October 20, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

With autumn well on its way in the Northern Hemisphere, this is a perfect time to share one of our autumn field stories from the top of the world: Lapland. Hurry inside and grab your warmest blanket, this story is … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Fieldwork, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Snow, Travel, Travelling, Winter | Leave a comment

Defeated

Posted on September 5, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Like the fellowship of the ring trying to cross the Redhorn Pass, where Saruman sent a snowstorm to throw them back, that’s how we felt today. Our personal Mount Caradras was the Laktatjakka valley, the valley of doom, where a … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Fieldwork, Hiking, Landscape photography, Landscapes, Mountains, Nature, Outdoors, Scandinavia, Snow, Sweden, Winter | 7 Comments

Lessons from history

Posted on February 10, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

The Celts had been there. The Romans. Napoleon III. Soldiers had built stairs there for the German emperor. Century after century, people had climbed Le Grand Donon to overlook the world. It had made for a mythical place, one where … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Ecology, France, Hiking, History, Landscape photography, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Snow, Travel, Travelling, Winter | 11 Comments

Microclimate!

Posted on February 8, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

It is that time of the year again: when the weather nicely reveals the effect of microclimate on the landscape. If the world gets covered in a thin layer of snow, we can quickly see which spots are colder than … Continue reading →

Posted in France | Tagged Climate, Europe, France, Hiking, Landscape photography, Microclimate, Mountains, Photography, Snow, Travel, Winter | 6 Comments

Above the polar circle – rematch, please

Posted on July 28, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Mountain ecologist Jonas Lembrechts spent ten intense fieldwork days above the polar circle in Sweden and Norway, where he follows non-native plant species and their spread in the mountains. This post appears in a serie on this expedition. The story … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Adventure, Adventurous travel, Ecology, Experiments, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Hike, Hiking, Lapland, Mountain ecology, Mountains, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Plant invasion, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Snow, Sweden | 7 Comments

Working in cloud nine

Posted on July 6, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

The top of mount Nuolja, overlooking the beautiful Abisko valley. At the other side, the Lapporten mountain formation holds back some dangerous looking clouds. They seem to rest heavily on the mountain tops, but stayed on a safe distance from … Continue reading →