Charles Joseph Hullmandel

An account of the family of Laplanders; which, with their summer and winter residences, domestic implements, sledges, herd of living reindeer; and a panoramic view of the North Cape.

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

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.

Ascent of the Finmark Alps; difficulty of crossing a glacier with reindeer on account of the slipperiness on the surface

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

Proceeding down the Tornea River, approaching the Polar Circle, with parties of Russian Laplanders returing from Kangis Fair on their way to Muonioniska