When American great Mikaela Shiffrin attempts to add another reindeer to her herd by winning Saturday's opening World Cup slalom race in Finland, she will do so on recycled snow.

The Finnish resort of Levi, high inside the Arctic Circle, has been hosting World Cup races since 2004 and goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure perfect conditions.

While Finns are known for farming reindeer, what is perhaps more surprising is that they have also mastered the art of farming snow: a technique which could help ski resorts mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Days before the world's top ski racers compete at Levi, temperatures have already plummeted and the hills and forests have been transformed into picture-postcard snowscapes.

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