Hurtigruten takes you to 22 ports north of the Arctic Circle.
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You are now entering the Arctic, home of the midnight sun.
There are a few invisible borders in the world that are a magical experience to cross. The Arctic Circle is one of these. Even though you can’t see this bor- der, you can still feel it, if only perhaps as a barely noticeable shift in the atmosphere, a sudden breath of northerly wind, maybe a sense of excitement and anticipation, or as a tiny change in the light. Travel- ling north on Hurtigruten, you know you are close when you see the island of Lovund to the west, fa- mous for its huge puffin colony. Shortly afterwards, you pass the beautiful archipelago of Træna, where Norway’s trendiest music festival is held every sum- mer. On the island of Hestmannøy, a bit further to the north, you see the peculiar rock formation Hest- mannen. In the east, the majestic glacier Svartisen rises towards the sky, and in the daytime you can see a large globe on Vikingen island marking the exact point. And then you know you are there, that you are floating silently across this imaginary geo- graphical line called the Arctic Circle, which forms a circular border around the globe at 66 degrees 33 minutes north, cutting through Nordland in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Iceland. This is where the untamed north begins. This is where the Arctic begins. Above this line lies the land of the midnight sun and polar nights.
The area north of the Arctic Circle is known as the Arctic. Read more about the Arctic Circle at
hurtigruten.co.uk, where you can also find more information on what you can do in this magical wonderland.
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© Sigve Aspelund. Small picture: © Martin Terry - Guest image
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