For the best sightings, visit between January and March or, better still, stay in Rovaniemi and go Northern Light hunting with local guides.

That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. In Europe, the winters of early 1947, [29] February 1956, 1962–1963, 1981–1982 and 2009–2010 were abnormally cold. In the Southern Hemisphere, the more maritime climate and the relative lack of land south of 40°S makes the winters milder; thus, snow and ice are less common in inhabited regions of the Southern Hemisphere. The warm south is also the country's agricultural center and is known by the Italians as the Mezzogiorno, or the land of the midday sun. While the snowline may indeed be slowly inching poleward, most places accustomed to snow are likely to continue seeing it – how much they’ll see and for how much longer, however, is a more complicated question.Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. The three-month period of the shortest days and weakest solar radiation occurs during November, December and January in the Northern Hemisphere and May, June and July in the Southern Hemisphere. A large part of Nepal is hit by monsoons during the summer season, but if you're averse to rain, all you have to do is position yourself on the northern side of the mountains. The nearby Coronet Peak range also offers some of New Zealand's best skiing, so if you want to ski and see Queenstown think about staying at Coronet Peak's Swiss-Bel Resort.

Winter is often defined by meteorologists to be the three calendar months with the lowest average temperatures.While much of the country has a temperate climate, there are sharp contrasts depending on the region. Contained within this message is the awareness that humanity needs to heal the rupture with the natural world, and within ourselves.