The best part? Floor-to-ceiling windows in the master bedroom that frame the wild Arctic scenery.

Design-minded adventurers hoping to view the Northern Lights this winter might want to plot a journey to Norway’s lesser-known Steigen Archipelago for a stay at the 22-hectare Manshausen Island Resort (doubles from US$413), an eco-retreat founded by polar explorer Børge Ousland.

The first person to traverse both the Arctic and Antarctic on solo expeditions, Ousland tapped the designers of Manshausen’s original four sea-view huts, Norwegian studio Stinessen Arkitektur, to create an extension with three new aluminum-clad cabins on an outcrop overlooking the sheltered waters of the Grøtøya Strait.

Each one houses up to four people in warm larch interiors, complete with a kitchen and dining area. The best part? Floor-to-ceiling windows in the master bedroom that frame the wild Arctic scenery and, come nightfall, skies ablaze with those dancing veils of light.

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This article originally appeared in the October/November 2019 print issue of DestinAsian magazine (“North to the Nordics”).