The tourism in the Arctic is booming. And the, although in an emergency, any rescue is extremely difficult. “There will be more Deaths,” says an assistant from the Norwegian Bodø.

By Kai Strittmatter Kai Strittmatter

Since 2019 correspondent of the SZ for Scandinavia and the Baltic States, with headquarters in Copenhagen. Born (1965) and grew up Matt fought in the Allgäu. The study of Sinology in Munich, Xi’an and Taipei for a training at the German journalist school in Munich followed. In 1997 Kai Strittmatter was the correspondent of the süddeutsche’s newspaper to Beijing to report from China, Taiwan and other countries in the Region. From 2005 to 2012, he was a correspondent in Istanbul, responsible for Turkey and Greece, and then from 2012 to 2018 to return to China. Kai Strittmatter is the author of several books on China, Hong Kong and Istanbul. Most recently, The reinvention of the dictatorship, he published””, in it he describes how China missed the authoritarian state of a digital Update.

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fancy Arctic? Surfing under the Northern lights, Surfing with killer whales, Surfing in the “most northerly surf school in the world” (on the Lofoten Islands). Or rather Arctic sailing, “Sail and Ski”, perhaps? In the morning on the catamaran through the icy waters, sails flapping, in the afternoon on the island of Spitsbergen a ski slope down, never has a man walked on.

Or, soon, with a “luxury polar icebreaker” – Spa, outdoor heated pool, French cuisine, Butler service on “never-before-explored polar regions”? Directly to the geographic North pole, as it promises to be the event organizer for the year 2021, then …