By the end of evening, the Norwegian cognac had disappeared like an arctic hare in a snowbank. Vikingfjord is deft enough to tiptoe between the icebergs that create Manhattan-like seascapes.
We passed an Arctic hare—very white and surprisingly large—and then a family of reindeer. After about an hour, we reached a spot where, across the valley, a tongue of ice spilled over a ridge.
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