• Far North Forest A vast boreal forest of Scotch pines, spruces, and silver birches, Oulanka contains a striking biodiversity despite its northerly location near the Arctic Circle. Under the canopy ...
A chunk of unspoilt Taiga forest in Finnish Lapland is home to rushing whitewater rivers, an 80km bear trail and vivid autumn colours that rival New England’s changing leaves. From the trailhead ...
A brochure for Oulanka NP in Finland, a certifed PAN Park.
This story appears in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The next time I visit Oulanka National Park in the far north of Finland, I want to be two feet tall. That way the autumn ...
The final day of my kayak river camping trip on the Oulanka River in the Kuusamo region of Lapland, Finland.
Written and photographed by Peter Essick. These photographs were taken for a National Geographic Magazine article on Oulanka National Park that was published in June 2009. I made two trips to the park ...