On a finger of land stretching from the north-west corner of Norway into the Atlantic is the majestic Lyngen peninsula. Ice ages have left their imprint here; deep ravines, glaciers, huge valleys, ...

The thin skin of ice sounds like chandeliers tinkling as we slide through it, heads tucked down in the howling wind. We’re on the rim of a peak called Keipen, one of the tallest mountains on Senja, an ...

Senja likes to call itself “Norway in miniature” since the country’s second-biggest island (1,600 sq km, with a population of 7,864) contains pretty much every landscape you’re likely to encounter ...

Clouds wobble and mountain peaks quiver as I glide silently along the fjord, my paddle slicing through their reflections with butter-soft ease. With every stroke I slip further into a sleepy rhythm, ...