For star-gazers, the remote and icy elbow of northern Norway in the Arctic Circle is one of the best places to go during winter.
But for self-confessed "space geek and star-gazer'' Lola Garden it will be the middle of summer when she is there, which will mean 24-hour daylight.
"We're going for a midnight swim in the sun, so that will be pretty amazing. But there won't be any star-gazing.''
The 17-year-old St Hilda's Collegiate pupil is one of two New Zealanders selected by the Royal Society of New Zealand to attend the European Space Camp at Andoya Space Centre in Norway next month.
While there, she and Jack Davies, of Samuel Marsden Collegiate, Wellington, will hear some of the best science lecturers from across Europe speak on topics as diverse as rocket physics, the northern lights, and the work of Cern, the European organisation for nuclear research, which operates the world's largest particle physics laboratory.
They will also spend a week in the role of a scientist, working in groups to design a rocket system, create experimental instrumentation, design a payload hold and work on telemetry and rocket physics.
The highlight of the trip would be the launch of their rocket, she said.
Lola was chosen because she has already passed NCEA Level 3 maths with calculus and is a high achiever in physics, chemistry, English, geography and digital technology.
"I'm stoked. It's an opportunity of a lifetime.
"Astrophysics is a branch of science that I have a real interest in, but due to limited opportunities, I have never had the chance to delve into it.
"I will certainly get that chance at Andoya Space Centre and I am so excited to have been given this opportunity,'' she said.
Her passion for astrophysics and astronomy is such that she once convinced her parents to take their annual summer holiday at Lake Tekapo, just so she could visit the Mt John Observatory above the village.
"It's one of New Zealand's most high-tech observatories,'' she said.
