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Posted: **Tue May 21, 2013 10:04 pm**

Here are some photos I took last week while in the city of Kiruna in the very north of Sweden during the Arctic Council meeting:

Kiruna City Hall

Arctic Council meeting

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and John Kerry

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt

Tense between Lavrov and Kerry

Arctic Foreign Ministers

The iron ore mine at Kiirunavaara

Mining drill

The cabin village in Kurravaara where we lived

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2013 5:14 pm**

Brrrr! Very rustic. The inside of the meeting hall looks warm and welcoming, though.

Posted: **Wed May 22, 2013 10:33 pm**

The weather did get better, especially on the last day. But they do have very short summers up there.

Posted: **Tue May 28, 2013 4:38 pm**

Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing them! Somehow, they remind me a bit of northern Wisconsin.

Posted: **Fri May 31, 2013 12:59 am**

thanks for the pics. kinda reminds me of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska

Kiruna in the north of Sweden