Welcome to Lapland

This week we have the Sodankylä Science Seminar. This annual event is the kick-off point for the year and we usually have participants from far and wide. coming to join in the discussions and make plans for new projects and experiments.

Typically, our visitors are flying in via Rovaniemi airport. At this time of the year, nearly all the flights are arriving in the gloom, but there is a lovely art piece on the hill behind the airport to reward them for persevering through the darkness.

The reindeer illuminations at Rovaniemi airport (Photo: D. McKay-Bukowski)