Small friendly ship very clean and comfortable but as a working ship should not be compared to a cruise ship. For us it was much more exciting being able to witness Norwegian life as we popped in and out of 34 ports and learnt from the well presented and informative lectures (these are what we classed as entertainment) given by the expedition team. There was plenty of very interesting extra guided tours and walks available but rather expensive as is the alcohol but you are in Norway. The biggest disappointment for us was the actual Northern Lights and coming to the realisation that the promotional pictures used to advertise this natural phenomenon are taken using the top of range cameras so in all probability the human eye will never see such colour and detail. Nevertheless the scenery, sunsets, sunrises, the fabulous food, all the helpful, friendly and happy team on board the Nordlys made our 12 day round trip a brilliantly exciting, different and unique experience. We had an Artic Superior cabin on deck 6.
