Now Hiring: Northern Lights Hunter in Finland
Photo: Marko Korosec/Barcroft USA/GettyYou know the childhood — or awkward first date — game of lying on the ground and staring at the sky in some pensive, meditative mood? Well, in Finland, you can kind of make a career out of it.
This winter the Arctic Snow Hotel — an entirely literal name because, yes, it’s made of snow — in the Finnish Lappland is hiring an “Aurora Borealis Monitor.” Unlike those hall monitor positions where minutes were spent trying to stop Julie Denkhorst from throwing pencils at you, you’ll be responsible for, well, staring at the sky.
From December 3 to March 31, the hotel’s “Aurora Borealis monitor” will be responsible for scouring the skies between 11:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. and sounding the “Aurora Alarm”— it’s almost like you’re the vacation version of Paul Revere — when the celestial show appears.