Latest Photos

Wildlife :)

2011-03-10T14:15:00.000-08:00

These photos are from our kitchen window. There is often a fox, reindeer or elk passing by these days.

Particulary the elk - we see severals every day!

Lovely conditions

2011-03-10T14:05:00.000-08:00

After a long and cold period, we now have rather mild weather.

This particular weekend, a group of guests is heading into the valley with their eager dog teams.

These participants have done this trip together several years now, so the mood around the kitchen table this evening was priceless :)

We wish you a nice trip with tons of good experiences !

Merry Christmas !

2010-12-16T08:32:00.000-08:00

Late summer, nice light :)

2010-08-08T13:51:00.000-07:00

Huskies

2009-08-18T10:01:00.000-07:00

Just a warm hello to you from the dogs :)

There will be increased activity with Northern Lights

2009-07-10T10:12:00.000-07:00

Not a "Latest Photos" but an interresting thing for the ones planning to come to visit us this winter:

From NRK news:
Scientists world over have observed spots on the sun that can provide more northern lights next winter

The sun spot we have seen is a good sign that there is now increasing sun activity and better than the auroral activity it has used to be the last couple years, said Truls Lynne Hansen at Northern observatory in Tromsø. According to Hansen there has been record-breaking low sun activity the last year, but now the trend is about to change. And even if it does not help for the summer weather, is good news for those who want to see the northern lights for the winter.

Have been dead ..
The sun activity is measured in how many so-called sun spots observed on the sun. There are dark spots on the surface of the sun that is evidence of high magnetic activity. These spots have been more or less absent in recent years. - The sun has been pretty dead. It has been one hundred years since the last time it was so quiet. And even if we in the northern areas always see some northern lights, it has been less than usual, he said.

.. but has woken to life
The sun follows usually an activity cycle of about eleven years. After several years of low activity the trend should reversed towards the end of 2008, but it didn't. Researchers around the world began to worry about when, or if it at all it would happen. But then the sun suddenly woke up to life again last weekend, Hansen says.
- We have now seen that the sun has a large sun spot again. It has lasted a very long time before the activity picked up, but it seems that things are becoming normal in the sense that the Sun activity increases again.

Midnight sun

2009-05-30T03:13:00.000-07:00

This is a video that shows how the sun makes life bright for us during the summer months.

Soon Summer!

2009-05-24T10:35:00.000-07:00

Snow melting

2009-04-12T10:39:00.000-07:00

Ice fishing

2009-04-10T10:43:00.000-07:00

Easter holiday

2009-04-09T10:41:00.000-07:00

Firmatur

2009-02-21T11:55:00.000-08:00

8 gode kolleger tilbringer helgen på Skjærhaugen, og lørdag var det tid for hundekjøring.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-21T06:58:00.000-08:00

The moon is just behind the mountain

2008-12-14T06:59:00.000-08:00

Northern Lights

2008-10-01T12:02:00.000-07:00

After a long and bright period with midnightsun, the evenings now are dark again. This allows us to see the beautiful northern lights.

Solar Eclipse

2008-08-01T07:10:00.000-07:00

Today we had the first total solar eclipse on Norwegian ground since the eclipse in 1954. On the mainland we observed a partial eclipse, while the day becomes night for a short period in Kvitøya (North-east of Spitsbergen). Read more.

At our latitude we had 71% of the sun covered. When it was at the best it was totally clouded, but we saw it before:

....and after:

Just to show you we have green in the summer ;)

2008-07-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

Petronella

2008-07-24T11:03:00.000-07:00

Our tiny (but still "huge") darling, Petronella, 3 weeks old :)

Polar Zoo

2008-07-08T15:42:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went to the Polar Zoo - a nice experience as always.

They only have arctic animals, and keep them in such large cages that it is advisable to follov the feeding round to be able to see the shy animals.

Lynx:

Wolf:

Wolverin:

Brown Bear:

Musk ox

Trip to the pot holes in Dividalen

2008-07-08T15:00:00.000-07:00

This week we have had a couple that has been here several times before, staying here.

They have been on varyous expeditions in the area. One day we went to the pot holes in Dividalen river, near the Dividalen national park. Nature here ia stunning.

Todays trip

2008-03-15T10:12:00.000-07:00

Lead dog.......

Sleddogs!

2008-03-12T10:05:00.000-07:00

These youngsters are going to be really good sleddogs! The cat is not very found of the dogs,

but preferes to have close contact to the dogs through the window.

Just winter

2008-03-02T05:45:00.000-08:00

Snow and ice is fun and nice :)
The sun has finally come back, the days are so bright and are getting longer and longer each day.

A nice and windy trip

2008-02-21T05:41:00.000-08:00

Video: Youngster dominating puppy

2008-02-03T09:31:00.000-08:00

Video: Stani and Ross dogsledging

2008-02-03T09:26:00.000-08:00

A trip on their own to find a lost knife. We had recently had some more snow, so it didn't show up....... but at least they had some fresh air :)

Video: Bushcraft E. guests dogsledging

2008-02-01T10:59:00.000-08:00

Fantastic clouds

2008-01-29T07:57:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we had wonderful colours in the clouds. The colours reflected in the snow, on the houses etc.

Finally snow!

2008-01-27T11:56:00.000-08:00

We have had very little snow so far this winter, but today we finally got a lot :) Weather forecast promises more the coming days....

Fishers and hunters from Tromsø

2008-01-13T00:43:00.000-08:00

This weekend some friends from Tromsø came to our place for a social gathering. They were very lucky as we had a marwellous northern light show ;)

Happy New Year !

2008-01-01T00:40:00.000-08:00

End of 2007

2007-12-31T07:12:00.000-08:00

We had some snow early in the winter, but two weeks before christmas it started raining and it didn't stop until the 25th of Descember.

This is how it looks like today: not much snow, but icy and cold ;-) Today it is minus 17 degrees celcius.

Our wish for 2008 is a lot of snow....... :)

The first snow

2007-10-13T09:27:00.000-07:00

Four days ago we had this winter's first snow. Some flowers are still alive, but not for long.
The dogs love the snow and subzero temperatures.
Nala after a dive in the snow :) Cute puppy?

Puppies are growing

2007-09-22T12:18:00.000-07:00

We are now 1 month old. We have started to eat a little bit and are getting more and more active :)

Northern lights :)

2007-09-22T12:12:00.000-07:00

Thursday evening we saw the first really good northern lights this autum. During summer, midnightsun and bright nights it is not possible to see them at all.

Autum

2007-09-15T10:02:00.000-07:00

This is a beautiful time of the year. Green, yellow, red and orange colour everywhere!

The Firehouse

2007-09-05T13:51:00.000-07:00

We have had an unusual warm and dry summer, but now autum is here. Midnightsun is gone a long time ago and the evenings are dark again.
We have already had 3 nights with frost, and many of our flowers then died. The first snow in the mountains came 2 weeks ago.

These photos are from an evening the moon was shining for us. First picture is taken early in the evening. Second is taken a bit later, after the frost arrived.

Puppies :-)

2007-08-26T03:31:00.000-07:00

Because of reducing the number of dogs, it is now 2 years since the last litter. 4 days ago Petra (and Tabbe) had a litter of 4 puppies - all bitches. They were all in good shape and are just adorable!

People in the hot tub !

2007-06-13T13:29:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we had a bunch of happy people wisiting us. I do not think there ever has been so many people in the hot tub before.....

Summer, fishingtrips with the kids and the dogs

2007-06-12T13:14:00.000-07:00

To be honest, it is mainly our son who likes to fish. Odd Knut helps him out, our daughter do different other things, and I bring a dog....
Camp by the Fjellfroskvannet - where we often sledge during the winter.

Inka on a trip to Langvannet.
...and Inuk at Solvolltjønna. He really vanted to catch the floater :-)

Beautiful Lofoten

2007-05-29T10:50:00.000-07:00

In the middle of May, we spent a week in the Lofoten Islands. We did unfortunately not focus on photographing the steep mountains and birdlife, but we took severals of the midnight sun...

Our British friends :-)

Tired sledge

2007-05-01T08:34:00.000-07:00

This sledge has been on many trips, and is now very pleased with the fact that the season is over.

Spring

2007-04-15T10:06:00.000-07:00

The snow is melting fast. Our roads looks like rivers at the moment.

Uphills the melting water makes small creeks in the rotten snow.

Lately we have had very mild weather, we even had heavy rain. The swans are back in a calm river. They have a stop here for a couple of weeks every spring.

Local ladies dogsledding

2007-04-15T10:01:00.000-07:00

Saturday 9 ladies from the village came for dogsledging and social gatering at Skjærhaugen. Got photos of most of them:

Video Red fox

2007-04-07T08:18:00.000-07:00

It is often lurking around the house. Not very shy, it would steal food if we left it outside. Earlier this winter it destroyed two snowlights the kids had made, and chewed on the candles to find out what it was.

Windy day

2007-04-06T08:04:00.000-07:00

Ready for Norway-Sweden

2007-04-05T07:56:00.000-07:00

Today Aslak left with our last group for the Norway-Sweden trip this year. They started in Dividalen and will sledge to Jukkasjärvi. Weather today was superb, but it is going to be windy and start to snow durinig the evening.
It takes a while packing and preparing all the sledges before take off.

Harnessing

Very eager to go. "People, please hurry, we want to run now!"

Hard conditions

2007-03-18T05:43:00.000-07:00

This week we have had mild weather which made the tracks very hard and icy. It was a challenge to sledge since the sledge runs very fast and it is hard to brake.

Finnmarksløpet, photos

2007-03-13T08:50:00.000-07:00

We are saying good luck to the dogs before the race. Aslak, Espen and Olav participated from our area.

Finnmarksløpet, video

2007-03-11T15:29:00.000-07:00

A short video from the start of the race in Alta

Iditarod

2007-03-11T00:12:00.000-08:00

The sleddog race Iditarod in Alaska started last weekend.
A Norwegian competitor, Robert Sørlie won Iditarod in 2003 and 2005.
At the moment he is number 13, but it isn't over yet. No matter, there is a lot of teams out there: now they are 63, 19 has scratched for various reasons.

Another norwegian taking part in the race is Sigrid Ekran. She is the best rookie so far in 2007. She is at the moment number 18.

Sledging along the river

2007-03-08T09:23:00.000-08:00

Sledging along the Fjellfroskelven (wolverine river) to the Fjellfroskvannet (wolverine lake).

We had a short break, made a fire and had a cup of tea and some food before we continued.

Total Lunar Eclipse

2007-03-08T09:16:00.000-08:00

Saturday the moon gradually was covered by the shadow from the earth. In the end it was red instead of white. Very fascinating to watch.

Northern lights

2007-03-08T09:12:00.000-08:00

The other night we had some amazing northern lights. Martin - our guest, finally had the chance to test his brand new camera, and he seemed pleased.

Snowdrift

2007-03-07T10:17:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we had a long trip in the mountain, and it was very windy.

We even saw some reindeer.

A lot of snow - tractor clearing the road

2007-03-04T08:42:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we woke up to a lot of snow.

Luckily we have a tractor to clear the roads.

Todays trip

2007-03-04T08:30:00.000-08:00

The weather and snow conditions were perfect today.

Oh so cold

2007-02-20T11:45:00.000-08:00

outdoors and indoors......

Sledging with ladies from Tromsø

2007-02-18T11:56:00.000-08:00

This weekend 4 ladies has been here skiing, dogsledding, enjoing a bath in the hot tub and eachothers company.

Cold weather and northern lights

2007-02-13T12:18:00.000-08:00

We have once again had a very cold period. It has been plenty of them this winter.
The good thing is that clear sky means good possibility to see the northern lights, as we did tonight:

Elk

2007-02-13T12:14:00.000-08:00

Hattavarre - "Hat Mountain"

Elk on the Målselv river.

Dogsledging 2nd of February with Don

2007-02-06T08:28:00.000-08:00

Having a rest in the uphill.....

Coming above the tree border line. Notice the snowdrift from the mountains.

A little video from the trip, containing the start, the dogs left back home and sledging in strong and cold wind.

End of January. Bushcraft group.

2007-02-06T08:12:00.000-08:00

3 persons participated on this trip, 2 instructors. They slept outside in more than 20 below (celcius) bouth in Lavvu (sami tipi) and a igloo they made during the days.
The last 4 days they tried dogsledging.

Almost ready to sledge.

Blog for latest photos

2007-02-06T07:20:00.000-08:00

I figure this is an easier way of posting what is happening, so hopefully pictures will be updated more frequently.