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tonishing night sky in winter when the weird and wonderful aurora borealis, also called the
northern lights, can seem like an evocation of a colourful ghost story writ large. The mid-
night sun and seemingly endless polar night can be similarly disorienting, adding a strange
magic to your Norwegian sojourn.
Also part of Norway's Arctic mix is the lichen-strewn tundra landscape of Svalbard.
The Arctic - The Complete Story,
by Richard Sale, is arguably the best of recent books
about the Arctic, with world-class photography and informative text.
Written in 1986,
Arctic Dreams
, by Barry Lopez, is the enduring classic of Arctic land-
scapes, wildlife and peculiarly northern phenomena. It covers the entire Arctic, rather than
simply Norway's Arctic territories, but there is no finer exploration of the Arctic.
