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NORTH TO THE NORDICS

esign-minded adventurers hoping to view the Northern Lights this winter might want to plot a journey to Norway’s lesser-known Steigen Archipelago for a stay at the 22-hectare (), an eco-retreat founded by polar explorer Børge Ousland. The first person to traverse both the Arctic and Antarctic on solo expeditions, Ousland tapped the designers of Manshausen’s original four sea-view huts, Norwegian studio Stinessen Arkitektur, to create an extension with three new aluminumclad

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