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My Great Escape: Arctic Wonderland Crossing

I SCANNED the frosted silhouette of Tromsø harbour for the final time, taking in the motionless black water, the bevy of deserted fishing vessels and the bulk of the passenger ferry slumbering at the quayside.

Hat, gloves, coat, overtrousers, scarf pulled over my face—check. And out I ventured into the bitter early morning

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