Chasing the Northern Lights in Norway

There’s no year better than this year to chase northern lights.

Northern lights aurora borealis in the night sky over beautiful lake landscape. Dreamstime/TCA

Keep your jackets and mittens handy—even in the middle of the night.

We’re aboard Hurtigruten’s MS Trollfjord, flagship of the company’s Signature voyages, cruising up the Norwegian Coast, enduring biting winds and sub-zero temperatures in our quest to see the northern lights. Even on the coldest ski days, or in Antarctica, I’ve never worn so many layers.