Lapland in Autumn: An Illustrated Hiking Tour across the Övre Dividal National Park in Northern Norway

By Jörg Hemmer

When September transforms Lapland into an ocean of colours, the most captivating time has come to visit the land beyond the Arctic Circle. The biologist and nature photographer Jörg Hemmer invites you on an autumnal hiking tour across the Øvre Dividal National Park, Norway's last wilderness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Release date: Jul 24, 2019
• ISBN: 9783749461721

Jörg Hemmer

Der Biologe Professor Dr. Jörg Hemmer lehrte und forschte bis zum Eintritt in den Ruhestand an der Universität Ulm. Seine Leidenschaft gehört der Naturfotografie.

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The author crossing an inflow into lake Irggášjávri

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View of lake Altevatnet towards mount Kistefjell

We haul our backpacks ashore and turn back. The shuttle boat is already heading westwards, back to civilization, its wake cleaving the tranquil blue of the Altevatnet, Norway's largest lake north of the Polar Circle. The deafening noise of the high-powered outboard engine is ebbing away. I feel as if I have not truly arrived: yesterday still hurrying through a hot Munich summer day, just now breathing the fresh air of a subarctic autumn morning at one of the remotest places of all Europe. The glistening yellow of the mountain birches, the vivid orange of the dwarf shrubs and the glowing red of the blue berry leaves dazzle my eyes. A