This causes that the weather can change rapidly from warm sunshine to freezing cold snowstorm. Typically at midsummer there is still snow on the northern side of the hills. In summer 1997 there was one and a half hot days with lots of sunshine and two and a half days freezing cold. One night the temperature went under zero. Morning frost were all over the hills.
Most typical animals are reindeers, ptarmigans and mosquites.
Many exotic butterfly brands are found from the area. The ground varies from dry rocks to wet swamp. Mostly you can walk easily on the dry land almost everyway. Only trees are max. 5 metres high arctic birches.