Ian wrote:

[...]

So at this point we're on the coach and heading out into the
wilderness. I was impressed (or maybe it was just terrified
admiration) at how easy the coach driver made driving on snow-covered,
ungritted, unlit roads in the artic actually appear. In the UK, roads
like that would be closed; most likely due to accidents.


This is one of my favorite webcam sites (Finnish Road Administration) -
there's a webcam near Kittila so maybe you can rekindle your memories here
:-) . Despite the snow and cold in Lapland, the roads are decently
maintained even in the depths of winter; Finland appears to have a great
road system:

http://www.tieh.fi/alk/english/frame...rat-frame.html

Very nice trip report BTW. IIRC weren't there such trips utilising Concorde
flights up until recently?

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Best
Greg