Lars Monsen travels to the Cap of the North to spend one full year in the arctic wilderness of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
12/9/2007
Lars starts his year in the Cap of the North with a canoe trip through Oevre Anarjohka National Park, meeting up with a Sami hunting party.
12/16/2007
Together with his dog Foss, Lars hikes through Pasvikdalen, in the southeastern part of Finnmark, Norway.
12/23/2007
It's december and the sun doesn't rise over the horizon. Lars is on a fourty day long cross country trip through Lappland, Sweden. He spends his 17th Christmas eve in a tent. His girlfriend Nina Skramstad and her 10 dogs, come to visit, bringing with her Christmas in a backpack.
12/20/2007
Lars participates in Finnmarksloepet, the northernmost dog sled race in the world; 12 stretches totaling 1063 kilometers.
1/6/2008
The winter is nearly over. Antti and Sara Kristine Lantto has invited Lars to the anual moving of their reindeer stock.
1/13/2008
Lars Monsen has spent a year north of the Polar Circle, in Norway, Sweden and Finland. Spring is approaching. Lars is accompanied by his pal Tor Olsen and his girlfriend Nina Skramstad. Together they embark on a trip that takes a dramatic turn.
1/12/2008
Lemmenjoki National Park is Scandinavia's answer to Alaska. Every year hundreds of people try ther luck here, gold digging for gold. Lars gives it a go. He also goes fishing.
1/27/2008
Summer has arrived. Lars and his Alaskan Husky, Foss, is canooing on the third largest lake in Finland, Enare.
