Tarfala Valley

Tarfala is a basin in the historic northern Swedish province of Lapland, open into the three glaciers. In the valley, in the Kebnekaise area, there is a hut of Svenska Turistföreningen and Glacier Research Station, observed from which the glaciers and their decline are documented. The most famous and also most studied glacier is the Storglaciären be performed on the annual mass balance measurements since 1945, the longest continuous series of measurements worldwide. The research station is operated by the University of Stockholm.

In the high alpine environment, the Mountain Kaskasapakte, Drakryggen and the Kebnekaise lie.

Climate

Because of the altitude the climate Tarfalas as a polar tundra ( Effective climate classification: ET) can be described as no month reached an average temperature of about 10 ° C.