Svalbard

This remote Norwegian archipelago sits between mainland Norway and the North Pole, offering otherworldly landscapes of ice, fjords and snow-covered silence. It is a place where the wildlife steals the show and the sun does not set for months on end.

Will has explored these icy horizons by boat, snowmobile and on foot, watching walrus haul out on drifting ice and polar bears stalking across the tundra. There is a purity to Svalbard, a stillness that pulls you in - just ask any former guest that has spent their evenings on the bridge of the boat, drink in hand with sunlight still pouring through the windows long after midnight.

Summers are marked by the Midnight Sun and a burst of life, with seabird colonies nesting on cliffs, whales cruising the fjords and Arctic foxes darting across flower-dusted tundra. Winter flips the script entirely. Long polar nights are lit by the aurora borealis, dog sledding weaves through snowstorms, and there is a feeling of true isolation.