Winter in Finland - 6

 

My wife Mirja and I traveled to Finland last month. Here's the last in a series.

And so we've come to Saariselkä, Finnish Lapland, and we see that it's possible to live inside the Arctic Circle. It takes a little more work, bundling up and all, and you need a plan before you go outside. There's no idle standing around out there.

But there are even a few advantages. Dragging your groceries behind you over the ice on a little plastic sled called a pulkka is easier than carrying them...