Hugging wolves in the Polar Zoo

In the Polar Zoo, about three hours ride from Harstad, it is possible to go into the domain of the wolves, and get close to them. Douglas' team did this as a teambuilding activity, but since Douglas was not able to go then, we grabbed the opportunity to go together when Klaus (a colleague of Douglas) wanted to go again with a friend.

The wolves are sociallised, but are still wild too, and you enter their domain, so have to watch them carefully. Their way of greeting you is licking your face. The wolves are huge animals!

After this cool experience we had a tour of the zoo, where we also saw other animals like the lynx, the wolverine and brown bear, all animals that live in the wild in Norway, just before it became dark at 2 in the afternoon. Then we had lunch at Gard's place, another collegue that lives very close to the zoo.

It was a great day!

Claartje & Douglas