John Murray Publishing house 1768–2002 Explore other works from John Murray: View of the town of Tornea, the river, and the Landkirker, or Finnish Church, with Finland peasants returning home in their sledges across the ice after Divine service on Christmas Day Here we had the first sight of the sun at Mid-day, after it had left us for the winter at the North Cape Continuation of the journey, and the manner in which the Laplanders are obliged to force their way through a deep and recent fall of snow Laplanders overtaken at midnight by a fog on the summit of the Finmark Alps, while crossing the Sollivara Range Night bivouac at Skovbredden at the foot of the Finmark Alps Mid-day halt of Laplanders and rein deer in Russian Lapland, with the manner in which the seer dig through the snow to reach the moss (Lichen Rangiferinus) beneath Passing the Aunis Javri, at Hattan in Russian Lapland, and the confusion caused among the deer and sledges from their encountering the trunk of a fallen tree, in their descent to the lake Laplanders encountering the snow drift (snee fog) while passing the Chouis Niumi mountains in Norwegian Lapland Lower part of the descent of the Mountain Chain of Finmark. Fog clearing off Scene in the forests of Russian Lapland, shewing the difficulty of descending woody declivities with reindeer from the intervention of the trees Kryssing av Biggejávri Falling in with a Laplander's herd of reindeer, while crossing the Jerdis Javri Lake, with a singular appearance of the northern lights Morning scene. Laplanders preparing to pursue their journey Dec. 7.
