About this season
Lars Monsen travels to the Cap of the North to spend one full year in the arctic wilderness of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Episodes (8)
1. Canoeing in Anarjohka
Aired 9 December 2007 • 30 min
Lars starts his year in the Cap of the North with a canoe trip through Oevre Anarjohka National Park, meeting up with a Sami hunting party.
2. Hiking in Pasvikdalen
Aired 16 December 2007 • 30 min
Together with his dog Foss, Lars hikes through Pasvikdalen, in the southeastern part of Finnmark, Norway.
3. Lappland
Aired 23 December 2007 • 30 min
It's december and the sun doesn't rise over the horizon. Lars is on a fourty day long cross country trip through Lappland, Sweden. He spends his 17th Christmas eve in a tent. His girlfriend Nina Skramstad and her 10 dogs, come to visit, bringing with her Christmas in a backpack.
4. Lars in Finnmarksloepet
Aired 20 December 2007 • 30 min
Lars participates in Finnmarksloepet, the northernmost dog sled race in the world; 12 stretches totaling 1063 kilometers.
5. Moving Reindeer to Soeroeya
Aired 6 January 2008 • 30 min
The winter is nearly over. Antti and Sara Kristine Lantto has invited Lars to the anual moving of their reindeer stock.
6. Drama in the Mountains
Aired 13 January 2008 • 30 min
Lars Monsen has spent a year north of the Polar Circle, in Norway, Sweden and Finland. Spring is approaching. Lars is accompanied by his pal Tor Olsen and his girlfriend Nina Skramstad. Together they embark on a trip that takes a dramatic turn.
7. Goldrush in Lemmenjohki
Aired 12 January 2008 • 30 min
Lemmenjoki National Park is Scandinavia's answer to Alaska. Every year hundreds of people try ther luck here, gold digging for gold. Lars gives it a go. He also goes fishing.
8. Canooing on the Enare Lake
Aired 27 January 2008 • 30 min
Summer has arrived. Lars and his Alaskan Husky, Foss, is canooing on the third largest lake in Finland, Enare.