The Art of Luxury Issue 37 2019 | Page 32

AUTOMOTIVE ICE ACADEMY SIDEWAYS IN SWEDEN Join our Automotive Editor, Benjamin Dubois as he heads to Arjeplog, Sweden, to learn how to drive on the ice. Northern lights, opposite lock and an F-Type SVR - this trip had it all! With the worst of the winter having passed we are on the straight and narrow to warmer days - ungritted roads and most importantly an end to the vitamin D deficiency the media love to obsess over. During the winter period many of us may have been driving in road conditions that are just not our forte, which is unlike our fellow Europeans in colder climates who happen to have a whole manoeuvre named after their ability to chuck a car sideways into a corner! Rumour has it that the first Vikings even used the ‘Scandinavian Flick’ in their longships when first landing on the beaches of Britain! The UK does lots of things very well: fish and chips, standing in orderly queues and even the Olympics were a success. One thing we are not so good at is winter. 32 The Art of Luxury Issue 37 2019