However, every March the village wakes up: hundreds of fans are watching a reindeer sled race - the most spectacular and popular competition of the First International Championships in Traditional ...

In fact, I found myself thinking the exact same thing the next day as our reindeer-pulled sled slipped across the fresh snow into a Finnish forest. I have to admit, as an adult I didn't expect to ...

Above is a shot of members of Russia's Northern Fleet motorized rifle brigade being pulled around by reindeer.