The Kamel Sputnik in Mikkelinjärvi can withstand severe cold – lives outside all year round

2024-01-16T09:57:34.731Z

Highlights: Seven camels live in Mickelsträsk outside Umeå – and are outdoors all year round. Sputnik and his friends are not from Africa, but from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in Asia. It can sometimes get up to -50 degrees. The only problem we've had during the cold snaps is that the water outside froze, but we fixed that quickly," says Linda Rönnlund at Mickelbo farm. The camels like to go into the heat when it gets -5 to -10 degrees.

Seven camels live in Mickelsträsk outside Umeå – and are outdoors all year round. But the freezing cold is no problem for Sputnik the camel and his friends. "It's probably us humans who are freezing," says Linda Rönnlund at Mickelbo farm.