Viking Magazine - Jan/Feb 2025 - 13

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Trondheim
I had spent the previous night at Snowhotel Kirkenes,
NORWAY
where I went dogsledding, fed reindeer, held Alaskan husky
puppies, wandered through wondrous sculptures of ice and
snow and-to my dismay-ate reindeer meat smothered in
cloudberries (hopefully not an acquaintance of the reindeer
I had fed just hours earlier). It would be fair to say I had
acquired the full Arctic experience in just one short day in
Kirkenes. But the MS Polarlys had plenty more in store for
me across the vast fj ords of the polar north.
Over the next six days, I would experience over 1,000
It
was an unusually warm October morning
in Kirkenes, Norway, when I rounded the corner
of the city's harbor to spot the regal MS Polarlys
ship gleaming back at me-the vessel which would
be my home for the next six days as I journeyed down
the Norwegian coast with Hurtigruten. Docked in the icy
mountain town of Kirkenes, our journey was beginning at
the very tip of the country, over 250 miles above the Arctic
Circle and just a 10-minute drive from both the Russian
and Finnish borders. All three of these borders intersect in
the nearby town of Pasvik, a remote corner from which-
as locals like to joke-you can celebrate the new year three
separate times in one night.
@sonsofnorway
miles of Norway's diverse coastline aboard the southbound
Coastal Express, Hurtigruten's signature voyage that
has been in operation since 1893. My journey fell within
the window of Hurtigruten's Northern Lights Promise, a
pact that guarantees passengers a free voyage if they do
not experience the northern lights on any 11-day voyage
between Sept. 20 and March 31. Th is is just how certain
the chance of experiencing the swirling glow of the aurora
borealis is in Arctic Norway-especially on the open water
of the Barents Sea, where they are rumored to glow
as bright and clear as a portrait.
As I boarded the Polarlys, I knew fully well I was about
to experience some of the most breathtaking landscapes on
Earth. What I didn't know was that I would simultaneously
fall in love with the steady pace of everyday Norwegian life,
which charmed me more and more with each crystal fj ord
and remote fi shing village we sailed through.
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