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CRUICE NORTH 2015
Story by: Erik Joachimsen
Let’s just call them the client because it’s
really immaterial who accompanied me
on this journey. The central characters
were the people we met, the experiences
we participated in, the beautiful scenery
and the wild weather we encountered
during a four-day journey just before
Easter in 2014.
Alta. Tromsø. Bodø. Lofoten. Four days
packed with experiences, personalities,
food, culture and nature. This is one of
many golden combinations. It could just
as easily have been four other destina-
tions, but that’s the way it worked out this
time.
Compact adventures
ALTA
- The client flew directly from
Europe to Alta, the “
town of the Northern
Lights
”. Alta is one of my favourite places
in the north. It’s maybe not the prettiest
town, but my word what an exotic and
professional place. And there’s a vast
number of shorex offers within a small
radius. If there was an Olympics for
adventure tourism, Alta could without
doubt host it – the summer games as
well as the winter ones!
The Northern Lights Cathedral, built
in 2013, is a gift to the town and its
visitors. It’s a work of art at the end of the
main street, whether you admire it from
the outside or from the inside; a quiet,
aesthetic room where you can see the
Northern Lights through an artist’s eyes.
After an expert lesson in dog sledding by
Eirik Nielsen at Holmen Husky, we continue
to Maze, the Sami village that was actually
destined to be inundated when the
hydroelectric power plant was developed
here around 30 years ago. Thankfully that
didn’t happen. Risten Eira from Cavzo
Safari shares a moving story with us as
we enjoy coffee brewed on the fire; from
life as reindeer herder, to getting engaged
and then the wedding with several
thousand guests. She perfected the art of
storytelling and demonstrated the Sami
primal force at a high level. It’s the sort of
Northern Lights cruisi
This is only
This is a travelogue from a wonderful “work
holiday” in our beautiful region. I can never get
enough of Northern Norway.
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Holmen Husky:
Dog sledding for dummies
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Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel:
A new hotel is built every year.
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Risten Eira fromMaze:
I’ll never forget t
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Polaria:
The Arctic in a nutshell
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Tromsø Villmarksenter:
Happy girls and playful puppies
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Henry Johnsen at Stella Polaris, Bodø:
You are o
