Timo, an Arctic guide in Svalbard
Episode 14 · 39min 49sec
We head north with Timo, an Arctic guide and photographer living in Svalbard, Norway’s northernmost archipelago.
Watch in your language. English audio and multilingual subtitles are available on YouTube. If needed, choose Settings → Audio track → English. Turn on captions under Subtitles/CC. The original audio podcast is in French.
In this conversation
French-Finnish Timo shares his childhood between Paris and Finland, his love of adventure, his time in Lapland and his training as a polar guide. We discuss culture shock in Norway, the Finnish idea of sisu, environmental questions seen from the glaciers, and life in Longyearbyen, an isolated town where snowmobiles play a big part in getting around and feeling free.
Pull on your winter boots and join us on Sous les Aurores.