My first aurora from a ship – Hurtigruten Astronomy Voyage report

MS Finnmarken docked in Tromsø

Last month, I got a short taster of Hurtigruten’s Astronomy Voyage. The cruise starts and ends in Bergen: over 12 days it takes you along the Norwegian coast – its 34 ports, more than 100 fjords and 1000 mountains. I didn’t join the entire cruise, but flew into Tromsø and boarded MS Finnmarken as it travelled up to Kirkenes and back.

What’s particularly interesting about this cruise, in addition to taking you through mesmerising landscapes, is that it’s...