The burly, friendly man adheres strongly to friluftsliv’s principal tenet of spending time in remote locations for spiritual and physical wellbeing. Salte owns 50 Siberian huskies, which he harnesses to take tourists on dog-sled rides across the tundra, sometimes for several days. That used to be possible from Svalbard, but the polar ice sheet is no longer frozen solidly against the island. I’ve learned a lot about snow – good snow and bad snow,” she says. Last summer, she was ordered to permanently abandon her old flat because it was designated within the high-risk “red zone”.

Source: The Guardian July 01, 2019 09:56 UTC