A cold and bright Easter

... with a house full of adventurous guests, William´s brother Peter and his family.

7 kids, from left Emma, Sunniva, Johannes, Isak, Peter, Thomas and Ask.


Ever since they came, temperature´s been beneath minus 20, and weather´s been crisp and clear. That makes the scenery look spectacular, but it´s hard to move around on skis or foot, as you have to be constantly in motion.

But we´ve been out skiing anyway...!

Heading for the valley in the background, Mälardalen.

It was COLD.


Isak.


Emma.

And it was quite a distance, too, so we took turns being dragged by William on the snowmobile.



But mostly we skied - we had to, to keep warm. And therefore, we had the time to look around. This is a little of what we saw:

Moon over Operafjellet.


Looking in the opposite direction, sunset on Svalsat.


Looking across Isfjorden.


View towards Adventdalen.


And here´s the end of the trek, the tent William had put up in Mälardalen - heated by a kerosene-oven.


And, here, almost everyone stayed behind - except yours truly, and Emma. We returned to the comforts of our warm beds, while the other 9 stayed in the tent.

Here´s Sunniva in a pile of sleeping-bags.


-24 on the outside - just above nil on the inside.

Don´t worry, they survived the night - with no injuries (and no bear-encounters).