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Arctic Portraits
Meet a Lapland Shaman, dogsled musher, and more-locals who survive and thrive in one of the world's harshest homelands.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Brrrrrrr. National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez and videographer John Burcham
bundle up in layers of heat-conserving gear to explore the frozen forest above Levi, Finland.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Reijo Jaaskelainen, dog musher and owner of Finland's Levi Husky Park, bundles up
for a bracing January ride.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
Jari Rorn, a Lapland Shaman, braves minus 35° C cold on the frozen lake near his home
in Finland's far north. A life-long resident, even he admits the morning is chilly.

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Photo taken with the Lumia 950 XL
A photographer's shadow looms between frosted trees in Levi Snow Park, Finland.
