All Aboard The Sleigh Ride

Filmed in Karasjok Norway 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle BBC Four rigs a traditional reindeer sleigh with a fixed camera for a magical journey across the frozen wilderness of the Arctic Following the path of an ancient postal route the ride captures the traditional world of the Sami people who are indigenous to northern Scandinavia and for whom reindeer herding remains a way of life Deliberately unhurried the rhythmic pace of the reindeer guides us along an epic twohour trip that takes us over undulating snowy hills through birch forests across a frozen lake and past traditional Sami settlements