Sailing to the ski slopes in Iceland

There's more than one way to reach the ski runs. Rupert Mellor tours Iceland's remote Westfjords by yacht to try some hard core ski-hiking . . . and basic crochetAs the Aurora lurched through the darkness in rising winds and waves, I wriggled into heavy-duty waterproofs and life jacket and clambered on deck. Sureally, Bob Dylan's Everybody Must Get Stoned boomed from the PA and our captain, Siggi Jonsson, smiled quietly at the invisible horizon as he guided the boat through the stormy void. Clin...

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