IT felt like Norse water god Njord had zapped his trident at the large glacier as ice crashed into the Barents Sea. Strangely, it didn’t faze the walruses bobbing about near our boat. They’ve obvio…
Thankfully, on our quad bike tour, our expedition leader revealed she’d recently graduated from hunting school.Credit: SuppliedAt Willem’s Cabin we’re served seal, reindeer heart and sea urchin soup, washed down with a glass of Petillant Naturel Napa Valley wine.Advent Valley on my quad bike, accompanied by gunslinging Vilde.
In Longyearbyen the sun does a circular loop, so it is never out of the sky — constantly illuminating the multicoloured wooden buildings standing in the shadow of Svalbard’s longest fjord, Isfjorden.A visit to the tiny research town felt extra special knowing I’d breathed the purest air that had ever passed through this Londoner’s lungs.It was time to head further south and our 24 hours at sea as we sailed to mainland Norway was enjoyed in the lap of luxury.
The oak-panelled library was the perfect spot for a cocktail, but the refurbished viewing decks provided the best after-dinner entertainment as a pod of whales followed our ship for hours.One day you are eating seal and the next scooping bone marrow jelly out of a cow’s femur. Head chef Erik, who has worked for the company for 29 years, sources produce from local suppliers along the route.
I devoured a dollop of local goat’s cheese on seeded bread and dived into slow-roast tomato tatin, and grilled, steamed and fried King crab.and sunk 1,700 bottles of their sparkling white, making the world’s first Arctic wine cellar.Now they’re serving them on all the ships.
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