18 and 19 August Yesterday we went into  Kaitanen’s area to visit some hills in the non-streamlined area. We aimed for a hill with mast – masts are always a good hint that there is a drive-in to a gate and a path up the hill (until we decide to leave the path to head […]

15 and 16 August 2012 Yesterday we focused on the central part of our study area, from previous DEM-interpretation identified as a transition zone between weak and strong glacial erosion. The transition is obvious in the field and differs in some factors from the transition zone in Sweden that we have investigated earlier – not […]

14 and 15 Aug 2012 Yesterday we drove from Kilpisjärvi to Kevo, first through the arm of Finland, then through Norway’s Finnmark, and then along the Norwegian-Finnish border river. The drive takes > 7h and therefore gives the possibility for only few stops. The area was completely new for me on the shield, with new […]

Yesterday we drove from Kolari to Kilpisjärvi along the Finnish-Swedish border. We did a detour to visit two abandoned Uranium mines east of Muonio. Uranium mines are interesting not only for the bedrock-till contact and the presence or absence of weathering but also for the possibility of dateable supergene minerals, which could give us an […]

Arriving late yesterday at Metla research station in Kolari, everything worked very well with the key in place and clear instructions. Thank you to Mikko Jokinen for organizing this. Today we took the possibility for a visit at Pathavaara gold mine north of Sodankylä. Some hours a drive, but given the distances on these plains, […]