it is so hard to believe that i am on a snowmobile going across lake inari in finland and beneath me housands of gallons of water. it is just crazy. this place isjust so beautiful. i was not expecting that! around 30 years ago, the inari sami culture was on the verge of extinction. inevitably, there has been a drift to the cities, to an easier life. traditional cultures experience that loss the world over. but, these days, tourism is creating jobs, allowing some young sami to return home. inari sami culture has been under pressure for decades. in the past, this community was marginalised and their mother tongue was banned from schools. with only 400 inari sami speakers, the language is still threatened. but one man is coming to the rescue, using an unconventional method. raps in inari sami. amoc, you are a hip—hop artist and you rap in your native language, inari. yes. inari sami language. i love hip—hop, but the last place i would expect to find a hip—hop artist is in lapland. yes. the middle of nowhere. many people think it is quite weird doing hip—hop gangsta rap in inari sami lang

this part of finland and here they are known as the inari sami, because most of them with around lake inarilometres north of the arctic circle. i have never been so far north. after landing in the town of ivalo, a i.5—hour flight from helsinki, i meet my first inari friend. welcome to finland! nice to meet you. i'mjohanna. look at your outfit! you look amazing. thank you. is this our transport? yes. it will be our transport for the trip. we have so many things planned for you here. i am looking forward to it. i am loving that hat. that is the way forward. it is really warm. life here must be really tough. there is snow on the ground for seven months of the year and the most practical way to move around is by snowmobile. so this is the best way to get there? there is no other way to get there. so this is how i am rolling. and will you teach me? nice to meet you. tell me about this machine, my friend. these are the things that were a revolution in our life here. they came about 50 or 60 years ago, to finland and it made things much easier. what did you use before these? skis. and reindeer. ol

this part of an land, and here they are known as the inari sani because most of them live around lake inari, 250 km north of the arctic circle. i have never been so far north. i am here. after landing just an hour and a half flight from helsinki, i mean my first friend from inari. hello. welcome to finn went. thank you. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, lam nice to meet you. nice to meet you, iamjohan. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, i am johan. nice to meet you, look at your outfit, it is amazing. is this our transport? yes, it will be out this our transport? yes, it will be our transport for this trip. we have so our transport for this trip. we have so many things planned for you here. iam so many things planned for you here. i am looking forward to it. i'm loving your hat, that is the way forward. is really warm. -- it is really warm. life here must be really warm. life here must be really tough. this —— there is no on the ground for seven months of the year, and the most practical way to move around is by snowmobile. so, this is the best way to get there. yes, there is no other wa

it's so hard to believe that i am on a snowmobile going across lake inari in finland, and beneath me is thousands and thousands of gallons of water. it's just crazy. this place is so beautiful. i wasn't expecting that! around 30 years ago, the inari sami culture was on the verge of extinction. inevitably, there's been a drift to the cities, to an easier life. traditional cultures experience that loss the world over. but these days, tourism is creating jobs, allowing some young sami to return home. ade preparing for those long winter nights north of the arctic circle in finland. now think of winter in austria's tyrol region and you might think of wrapping up warm for the ski season. but step away from the ski slopes and you may come face—to—face with a whole other chilling seasonal tradition. now, at this time of year, you'll see many capital cities around the world decked out in festive lights, most of which come down at the start of january. but over in the netherlands, the canals of amsterdam are being lit up for the first time as part of an innovative art project, that will stay i

it's so hard to believe that i am on a snowmobile going across lake inari in finland, and beneath me place is so beautiful. i wasn't expecting that! around 30 years ago, the inari sami culture was on the verge of extinction. inevitably, there's been a drift to the cities, to an easier life. traditional cultures experience that loss the world over. but these days, tourism is creating jobs, allowing some young sami to move back home. ade preparing for those long winter nights north of the arctic circle in finland. now think of winter in austria's tyrol region and you might think of wrapping up warm for the ski season. but step away from the ski slopes and you may come face—to—face with a whole other chilling seasonal tradition. now, at this time of year, you'll see many capital cities around the world decked out in festive lights — most of which come down at the start of january. but over in the netherlands, the canals of amsterdam are being lit up for the first time as part of an innovative art project, that will stay in place right through to the end of january. we went to meet some o

around 6000 samis left in this part of finland and here, they are known as the inari sami because most of them live around the lakei meet my first inari friend. hello. welcome to finland! nice to meet you. nice to meet you, i'm johanna. wow, look at your outfit! you look amazing. thank you. is this our transport? yes. it is going to be our transport for the trip. we have so many things planned for you here. i'm looking forward to it. i am loving that hat. that is the way forward. it's really warm. life here must be really tough. there's snow on the ground for seven months of the year and the most practical way to move around is by snowmobile. so this is the best way to get there? yeah. there's no other way to get there. so this is how i'm rolling. and you're going to teach me how i'm rolling. nice to meet you. tell me about this machine, my friend. these are the things that were a revolution in our life here. they came about 50 or 60 years ago to finland, and it made things much easier. what did you use before these? skis. and reindeer. old school. normally when you drive on a track, you have your feet in here and