True north: Jenny Diski takes a slow boat through the fjords in Tromsø
Reindeer soup, northern lights, sleigh rides through moonlit snow - Jenny Diski takes a slow boat through the fjords into the Arctic CircleThere have always been travellers: hunter-gatherers, nomads,...
View ArticleGetting there: Arctic Sweden
Discover the World (01737 218800) offers a seven-night Saab Lapland Explorer package from £1,640, based on two sharing, including return flights from London to Kiruna, two nights' accommodation at the...
View ArticleMatt Carroll's holiday on ice
Forget a tame fly-drive in Florida, a new package sends you deep into the Arctic on a 700-mile road trip through stunning scenery. Matt Carroll picks up his keys and turns the heating up to maxIf it...
View ArticleJuliette Jowit goes on summertime Arctic cruise
A summertime Arctic cruise offers Juliette Jowit little in the way of ice and snow - but fantastic opportunities to see wildlife close-upI'm slightly ashamed to admit that I was, for a few moments,...
View ArticleSweden's highest ski lodge
Staying overnight in a ski lodge inside the Arctic Circle allows access to an empty, off-piste paradise most skiers can only dream ofIt's difficult to embrace the quiet beauty of a place when you're...
View ArticleA Shackleton adventure in Svalbard
Kevin Rushby stays on board a ship deliberately trapped in the ice in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelagoKevin Rushby
View ArticleA hotel like no other in Arctic Norway
A trek to a ship-hotel frozen into the ice in the middle of the Arctic wastes makes for the trip of a lifetime – as long you can keep your feet warmIt's an idea so simple, so beautiful, that you can't...
View ArticleFreeze frame: photographing polar bears
A professional guide helps when photographing polar bears in the Arctic – especially if you mistake them for a lump of snowHow hard can it be to photograph polar bears? They are the world's biggest...
View ArticleThe rich list: holiday like a billionaire, for less
If you're spending it like Beckham, private islands, penthouses and outer space are within reach. Here's how to take the holidays of the rich and famous, on a budgetIt could be you. Your numbers might...
View ArticleTV review: Human Planet
The Human Planet series has reached the Arctic and there should have been a warning at the start: dozens of animals were killed during the making of this programmeSkins: your verdict on the new...
View ArticleReaders' tips: Lapland and the Arctic Circle
There's much more to Lapland and the Arctic Circle than Santa. Been there readers share their top tips, from sea skiing in Canada to watching the northern lights from your bed in Finland• Add a tip for...
View ArticleLetter from Greenland: Whale wisdom
The Inuit community in Ittoqqortoormiit comes together to prepare whale meat, but one of the party has seen it all beforeThe old man pauses while searching among the black beach stones for a point for...
View ArticleFresh from the freezer: gourmet food in Greenland
Could Greenland, with its old reliance on whale and seal, become a gourmet destination? Its inventive new chefs think so, but will a frozen Tim Moore agree?Despite the best efforts of the Vikings, who...
View ArticleChasing Ice: glacial melting in the Arctic - in pictures
Chasing Ice, a documentary by the producers of Academy award-winning The Cove, tells the story of James Balog's mission to capture visual evidence of the effect of climate change on our planet
View ArticleChasing Ice in the Arctic - video
Chasing Ice, the award winning film of one man's mission to provide undeniable evidence of climate change in the Arctic, premieres in the UK on 3 December
View ArticleTrue north: Jenny Diski takes a slow boat through the fjords in Tromsø
Reindeer soup, northern lights, sleigh rides through moonlit snow - Jenny Diski takes a slow boat through the fjords into the Arctic CircleThere have always been travellers: hunter-gatherers, nomads,...
View ArticleGetting there: Arctic Sweden
Discover the World (01737 218800) offers a seven-night Saab Lapland Explorer package from £1,640, based on two sharing, including return flights from London to Kiruna, two nights' accommodation at the...
View ArticleMatt Carroll's holiday on ice
Forget a tame fly-drive in Florida, a new package sends you deep into the Arctic on a 700-mile road trip through stunning scenery. Matt Carroll picks up his keys and turns the heating up to maxIf it...
View ArticleJuliette Jowit goes on summertime Arctic cruise
A summertime Arctic cruise offers Juliette Jowit little in the way of ice and snow - but fantastic opportunities to see wildlife close-upI'm slightly ashamed to admit that I was, for a few moments,...
View ArticleSweden's highest ski lodge
Staying overnight in a ski lodge inside the Arctic Circle allows access to an empty, off-piste paradise most skiers can only dream ofIt's difficult to embrace the quiet beauty of a place when you're...
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