With our knowledgeable guide, Steffan, we snowmobile-trailered to the woods, part of a Taiga forest belt that runs along the far northern latitudes of the world (and covers much of Siberia). There we learned about shelters and built a fire with a flint and birch shavings. We even brewed pine-needle tea. Learned tons of fun stuff, then got to stop in the middle of the vast Torne River…