Stockholm: Waiting for the 5:50 PM train to Narvik
... underways: Kiruna ...
... Luossavaara, a closed mine
Torneträsk: A large lake
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We get off at Björkliden 19 hours later
Cabins to rent ...
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... here is ours
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Trail map
First hike
, in the afternoon
Flowers eveywhere
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... snow quite near
Ghislaine at the top
Torneträsk
Common cottongrass
A Cairn
The torrent ‘Rákkasjohka’
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Ghislaine resting
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‘Fjällsippor’, the Laponia state flower
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Day 2
, ‘Rallarvägen’: the sleeper-layers road
On our way ...
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Along the way
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‘Lapporten’: The Gateway to Laponia
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Workers at the end of the 19th c.
Railroad workers cemetery
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Lunch in the vicinity
The railroad continues to Narvik
A small Crater Lake
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Torneträsk ...
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Lapporten
Hat, compass, backpack, pole ...
Day 3:
On a bridge across Rákkasjohka
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The cabins far away
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‘Gohpasvaggi’: The Gohpas valley
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The valley and Torneträsk
The Gohpasjokha waterfall
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‘Lanthandel’: Country store
Day 4
: Flowers ...
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Ghislaine and Scentless Mayweed
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Towards ‘Silverfallet’, the Silver Fall
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The Rákkasjohka torrent ...
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... Torneträsk ...
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It's cold !!
‘Lapporten’: The Gateway to Laponia dominates everything
Higher up, The Sinful Fall
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It's still Rákkasjohka
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Day 5:
The Abisko train station
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Kungsleden
(The Royal Trail) starts here
Björkliden: Lapporten late evening
Day 6
: Country store at the trainstation
Our train
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By bus from Luleå to Buerå
Burvik: The Summer Home of Dag and Eva
The fishermen return ...
... with Salmon Whitefish !
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The Bay of Bothnia
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