Literary Svalbard

With its snowy peaks and polar bears, the Svalbard wilderness is reckoned to be the iconic setting of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Best Served Scandinavia has a four-day Philip Pullman Break from £1,220pp, including flights, three nights in a hotel B&B, a husky sledding excursion to an ice cave and a Northern Lights night, with a dinner of reindeer, at Camp Barentz wilderness camp. Details: best-served.co.uk

Northern light: fire your imagination on Svalbard