Alta to Kautokeino


Kautokeino

 The 9,707-square-kilometre (3,748 sq mi) municipality is the largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Kautokeino (Guovdageaidnu (sami name)) a population of about 3,000, is one of two cultural centers of Northern Sápmi (Sami) today (other being Kárášjohka-Karasjok). The most significant industries are reindeer herding, theatre/movie industry, and the public education system.

This is the 2nd leg of our journey...We arrived in Alta around 3p, checked in and dropped off Elders luggage quickly and headed to Kautokeino a three hour drive to southeast to visit a single sister living there....we had a 6:30 appointment for dinner...that meant we would not arrive back in Alta until almost midnight but she had not had missionaries visit for months now. 

on the road again.











church at Eiby.

Church in Masi.

This is the how far is it to...sign...pretty unique and clever

Sami tent poles and hut.





Some houses few and far between.


Snowmobiling on the frozen lake over easter week.




Welcome to Kautokeino

Driving into town.


Our friend Stine works at Juhls.

church in town.

Sami huts.

A big sled.





town theater

town crossroad - only one in town

Sami Taxi



old wooden boat by Juhls

yard art?


The elders at Juhls, the silversmith shop.

view of town from Stine's place

Cabins for the employees to live in.






Couple in traditional Sami clothes, fellow employees at silversmith shop


Here we are at Stine's.









Refraction of sunlight caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere. Called a Parhelion or Sun dog. typically appears as a pair of subtly colored patches of light, around 22° to the left and right of the Sun, and at the same altitude above the horizon as the Sun. They can be seen anywhere in the world during any season, but are not always obvious or bright. Sun dogs are best seen and most conspicuous when the Sun is near the horizon.  Here is one from Kautokeino a few weeks before we came to visit.  Sometimes they will form an arch connecting all three.  Pretty cool - Thanks to Stina for the photo.


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