What are you doing so far north?
I live in the north! But I'm here at the Forest Rescue Station to save the forest for reindeer and reindeer herders. I'm a Greenpeace activist from Malå, a small village in the south of Swedish Lapland, in the Sámi homeland. I'm a Northern Sámi, and I've worked with Greenpeace on similar problems like demarcation of old growth forest in Norrbtten och Västerbotten - and then presented the situation to the provincial government. Reindeer herders have today barely enough forest - if the forest is all logged, tomorrow there is no more forest, and definitely not enough for the reindeer.

I'm a culture worker - i've studied reindeer herding and Sámi language and handicrafts - such as the tunic and knives I wear in my photograph. I also work in politics and other organisations, and I'm in the Green Party provincincial group.

Have you been out in the forest before this trip? What happened?
For the last 12 years I've been working with reindeer herding and Sámi culture. I grew up in the city, but that wasn't Sámi culture - you can't have S´mi culture without forest - the two are inseparable.

What animal do you most resemble?
Wolverine - at home at weekends, I like to hibernate!

What's your most important survival item?
A good knife, and a way to make fire - if I have these things I can make a little camp fire and I can stay warm - and alive!

Arctic Finland: Too cold, a bit cold, warm, or too damned warm?
Just now, it's too warm.

- Henry