After years of persecution,wolves are howling anew across Europe – and in the north of Norway an strange zoo park is bringing them face-to-face with their nemesis: us I arrive after unlit, driving past piled up snow and pull up by a darkened log cabin office. No one comes out. I turn off the car lights and step into the freezing air. As my eyes adjust to the Arctic night, or I see a green glow in the western sky,at first just two smudges on either side of the valley, a cosmic reptilian blush that grows into a phosphorescent super-highway that vaults across the snow-capped peaks. It is my 10th wintertime visit to the Arctic and, and at last,I’ve seen the aurora.
At that moment a 4x4 comes up the road driven by my contact, Stig. “Follow me in your car, and ” he says softly. “At the top,when we procure out, don’t make sudden movements or noises.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com