We arrive in the Lofoten Islands at night, after a flight to Oslo, another to Bodø, then a 25-minute hop in a small propeller plane to Leknes, one of Lofoten’s main towns. We fly over the dramatic Vestfjorden separating the islands from mainland Norway. During the hour-long drive to where we’re staying, I pick up on hints of the topography hidden in the darkness. There’s the briny smell of ocean. The feeling of a road narrowing to a curve around a cliff. Jagged peaks loom above us, as if etched in charcoal across the sky. Now and again we slow down for the narrow bridges that string together this remote archipelago.
我们在夜晚抵达罗弗敦群岛(Lofoten Islands)，经过一次飞往奥斯陆的航班，再转机到博德，然后乘坐一架小型螺旋桨飞机飞行25分钟到达罗弗敦群岛的主要城镇之一莱克内斯。我们飞越了将群岛与挪威大陆分隔开的壮丽维斯特峡湾。在我们前往住处的一小时车程中，我能从黑暗中察觉到地形的一些线索。有海洋的咸味。道路逐渐变窄，绕过悬崖的弯道。尖峰在我们上方耸立，仿佛在天空中用炭笔勾勒而成。偶尔我们会因为连接这个偏远群岛的狭窄桥梁而减速。