Travelling the Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian and Russian Laplands and celebrating christmas in Russian Murmansk was a perfect break from the commercial traditions. Highlights were the Finnish ski resorts Ylläs and (mostly) Levi, the food in Swedish Pajala, Norwegian Kirkenes, the Russian mining towns Nikel and Zapoljarnyj along with the desolete ice road from Murmansk to Lotta settlement. Participants were William, Malcolm and Staffan.
