“A tropical sunset with some flying fish is wonderful, but I am always drawn back to the ice” (Image: Achim Multhaupt/Laif)
You’ve spent months at a time on icebreakers in the Arctic. What’s life like up there?
It’s a fascinating landscape. You feel like this is an area where you don’t belong – but it’s beautiful. When sunlight hits the ice it glitters, and when the ship breaks the ice, the chunks flip and underneath there are sometimes fish or other animals. There are snow flowers that form on top of the ice. It almost feels like a different planet.
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