The snow has been better this season than for years and everyone is coming back from the slopes with tales of knee-high powder. Some will have gone a step further with snowcat ski-ing trips to British Columbia or heli-skiing in the Himalayas. Now you can trump them all with a ski-sail expedition within the Arctic Circle.

The Lyngen Alps stretch for 80km along Norway’s northern coast. From February to the end of March, the aurora borealis creates a natural fireworks show; in the summer months, from mid-April the daylight is constant. Against this spectacular backdrop, where the mountains plummet straight into the sea, EsclaesEscales Polaires organises week-long ski-sail expeditions.