The
Kevo Subarctic Research Institute: The Kevo research station
is situated on Lake Kevojärvi, in the commune of
Utsjoki,
the northernmost municipality in Finnish Lapland. The site lies
about 60 km north of the continous pine forest line and belongs
to the subarctic forest tundra zone, a birch subzone of the boreal
coniferous forest. The research area as a whole comprises mainly
the biological province of
Inari
Lapland, an area of ca. 20000 km
2, including the large
Lake
Inari.
(from the station website) 