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Icing in the high mountains produces desperate reindeer

25 Jan 2020

Hovden, Aust-Agder, Norway

Icy conditions in the mountains have caused wild reindeer to descend towards the hut areas to find food. In several places ski areas are now closed to prevent the reindeer from being disturbed.

NRK / Erik Wiig Andersen

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