We chose Finland as THE place to visit just before Christmas. With daylight scarce, we landed in Rovaniemi in December 2009. Our entire luggage, however, chose the scenic route and soon we faced temperatures hovering around minus 28C with no warm clothes or footwear. Still, it was one of the most beautiful locations we have been to.
In the depths of winter at the Arctic Circle, the days are marked by long dawns and even longer twilights. The sun is a distant orange disc that seems to constantly wrestle with the horizon line, merely gliding along it and offering just a minimum of daylight.
There is so much that we like about these photos: their vast white spaces, their graininess – as if drawn with a soft lead pencil, and the stillness embossed by frost.
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