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Fortunately, Saariselkä’s Top Safaris has plenty Wary reindeer gather on a snowy hilltop in
of cold-weather kit: puffy thermal suits (which do Saariselkä, Finland. Every reindeer belongs
undeniably make my butt look big, and not in the sexy to someone, but asking how many a
Kim Kardashian way), cross-country skis (upon which I person owns is considered rude. It’s like
perform a bumbling impression of a giraffe on roller- demanding to know how much money
skates), and snow-shoes. they earn.
Not only are the snow-shoes labeled “left” and “right,” Opposite: The author, attired in a thermal
but also “top,” which I think would be obvious, con- suit and snow shoes, prepares to take on
sidering that’s where the straps are. “Even I could’ve the rolling hills of frozen Lapland, Finland.
figured out that much,” I say with a roll of my eyes.

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