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No Bad Weather, Only Bad Clothing

The Norwegian Sea is not a friendly place in the wintertime.

“The weather is rough and unpredictable,” says August Sandberg, skipper of our Swan 48, Isbjørn, and a native Norwegian, having grown up on an island outside Bergen at 60 degrees north latitude.

“The sun never rises. the sky is dark, and the air cold. You’re constantly chipping ice off your deck hardware to keep

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