Arctic Night - A survival workshop

Activity will start with meet the clients at the CAMP Kitchen & Bar in Pyhä. After meet and greet, the guide  will take you to suitable premises for a theory work shop about arctic nature and arctic survival skills and, introducing both the traditional and contemporary techniques. Survival instructor will introduce the relevant gear, such as arctic sleeping bags and sleeping mats, clothing items, give insight information about various materials and their suitability for challenging environment. Also clothing items for the extreme cold and various stove systems will get discussed. A light but nutritious meal will be served.

Going out. Weather conditions allowing (temperature, wind, amount of snow, etc.) survival instructor will present how to build a quinzee (pronounced ”kwinzi”, in Finnish “lumikammi”). It is a traditional snow shelter, made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow, a well-proven method of surviving the arctic night. You will participate to build your own quinzee. It will take a couple of hours for a group. Another snack or a meal will be served.

Your group gets prepared for the night-stay in the quinzee, which they created by themselves with instructions from the guide. The professional guide will monitor the night. In case of emergency or if you will requests so, you can be relocated into a warm back up building closeby. At the wake up some warm drinks and a nutritious morning snack will be served. Also every client will get interviewed individually to make sure that everyone is fine after the night.

The adventure will end as a your guide will walk the you back to civilization.