Swedish Aurora Winter Survival Expedition

Join us for an immersion into the higher latitudes of the Swedish Boreal Forest during the depths of winter. Experience a landscape like no other, and learn the skills of traversing such extremes. Here the nights are long, at -30 degrees the cold has the ability to sap your life strength as you hear the distinctive crunch sound of the snow, mistakes are not an option.

Understanding this environment and your bodies interactions are key to survival, and so you are accompanied by our exceptionally skilled instructors, and in country partners, who have decades of experience within this climate between them. The winter zone does not allow for ego- it requires knowledge, wisdom, and skill to make yourself comfortable and safe, to feed yourself, and to maintain your core body systems. This knowledge is steadfastly passed on from our professional team.

You will learn how to acquire and maintain heat, how to secure water, stove and fire management, learn traditional crafts such as improvised snow shoe building, aswell as more modern skills including dog sledding.

You would probably question whether you are capable of experiencing such extremes, and this is exactly the correct attitude to take. At these temperatures nature has no care for the fragility of the human spirit, or human body. However, with the correct training from people you can trust to keep you safe, this winter boreal zone can soon become an incredible home. It is quite simply beautiful, and you will connect with her in a way that few get the opportunity to. This is why we want YOU to be guided with us.

Who knows, we may even see the sway of the aurora above the flickering flames of our fire.