We have had followers across the Pond ask where to hang out with Wolves… Polar Park looks pretty Darn Cool!
After years of persecution, wolves are howling anew across Europe – and in the north of Norway an unusual zoo park is bringing them face-to-face with their nemesis: us
Polar Park, a 110-hectare zoo, 70km north of the Norwegian town of Narvik. Polar Park is not like most other zoos: there are very few animals and they live in large enclosures. And they have a programme to accustom wolves to people, sufficient to allow meetings. That is why I am here: to stay a night inside the wolf enclosure and, with the consent of the Norse gods, make contact. I say “consent” advisedly: there is a sense of provisionality about it, no matter the eye-watering expense of the experience. As your grandmother might have mentioned, wolves are not to be relied upon.
Source: In the company of wolves: animal encounters in Narvik, Norway | Travel | The Guardian