LONELY PLANET: Beneath an Auroral Sky - Sailing Norway's Arctic Coast
About this episode
The episode explores a breathtaking sailing journey along Norway's Arctic coast in search of the Northern Lights.
There is a place at the top of the world where the land runs out, a sheer thousand-foot cliff rising straight from the Arctic Ocean, and nothing beyond it but open sea all the way to the North Pole. This is the North Cape - the northernmost point of continental Europe and getting there means sailing one of the most spectacular coastlines on Earth. From Oslo, we travel north through towering fjords and fishing villages so remote the ship is their only connection to the outside world. We pass the Lofoten Islands rising like a mountain range planted in the middle of the ocean, Alta - nicknamed the Northern Lights City - and on into the deep Arctic silence of Finnmark. Norway's coast is not just beautiful. It is staggering. The Northern Lights wait for us there too. The Sami called them Govsov - the light you can hear, the light that speaks. Science calls them solar particles colliding with the earth's atmosphere. But standing beneath them, none of that matters. What you are seeing is the invisible touch of our sun, raining down in colour all around you - and it is unlike anything you have ever experienced before. Join host Aaron Millar, and two expert guests, as we set sail on the…
People in this episode
Host: Aaron Millar
Topics covered
- travel
- Arctic exploration
- Northern Lights
- Norwegian coast
- sailing
- documentary
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hurtigruten
Places: North Cape, Norway, Oslo, Lofoten Islands, Alta, Finnmark, Arctic Ocean, North Pole
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