Journal entries from paddler Ryan Salm as he documents his group's harrowing multi-week standup paddling expedition in Norway's Lofoten Archipelago.

NORDKAPP, Norway — The calendar says it’s the day of the summer solstice. The map tells us we ... the remote Lofoten Islands, are 30 miles west of mainland Norway. Home to about 24,000 people, the ...

Nusfjord is tucked away in a tiny secluded bay on the Lofoten archipelago, a labyrinth of islands famed for those aforementioned mountains. We came in late winter when everything was cloaked in a ...

If there is one place on earth where it doesn’t matter if it rains, snows, or shines – because it’s always beautiful, it must be Norway’s Lofoten Islands. A rugged mountainous archipelago ...

Norway, Lofoten Islands: See icy vistas in this Arctic Circle archipelago while staying in rorbu cabins Mark Daffey May 28, 2019 — 12.15am Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size ...

Lofoten is a unique and stunning archipelago in Norway’s far north, where huge unspoilt mountains rise out of the ocean. Located at the end of the gulf stream, it’s unusually mild for ...

The Lofoten peninsula Norway’s Arctic North is not just stunningly beautiful. It's also home to the world’s largest deep water coral reef and full of wildlife. So why is the government saying it will ...

Norway’s long and thin Lofoten Archipelago can be an unearthly place, especially when its snowy, craggy peaks suddenly pop out of the fog as you meander its seventy-mile length. It was right ...