Northern Lights
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Stories
What it’s really like watching the Northern Lights in Iceland
by Steph Millington September 1, 2018Reading Time: 3 minutes Suddenly, quiet coos of delight and gasps of amazement break the silence and I blink several times to ensure my eyes aren’t deceiving me…
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Reading Time: 5 minutes I know from personal experience that a winter trip to Iceland is every bit as fulfilling as it can be frigid.
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5 reasons Finnish Lapland should be on your bucket list
by Lizzie Mulherin September 7, 2017Reading Time: 3 minutes Finland. The land of saunas, reindeer and very long words with no vowels.
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5 ways to get more out of your Northern Lights trip to Iceland – according to a plasma physicist
by Dr Melanie Windridge June 21, 2017Reading Time: 4 minutes Dr Melanie Windridge has a PhD in fusion energy and wrote a book on the Northern Lights – so yeah, she knows a thing or two about the aurora. The scientist explains how to get the most out of your adventure to Iceland.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes The volcanic island has exploded onto the radars of travelers in recent years, but Iceland has more than enough fjords, geysers, volcanoes, and glaciers to go around.
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Total eclipse of the heart: one traveller’s astronomy quest in Svalbard
by Claire Gribben September 9, 2015Reading Time: 4 minutes First contact saw a massive cheer erupt and the special eclipse viewers we’d been given were out in force.