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Calling home: Tamara Singer in Norway's Lofoten Islands

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New Zealander Tamara Singer lives more than 150 kilometres into the Arctic Circle in Norway’s Lofoten Islands. She can often be found in a wetsuit, hand-harvesting seaweed from the icy waters of the Norwegian Sea for her company Lofoten Seaweed, which is used in Michelin star restaurants across Europe.

Tamara Singer harvesting seaweed in the freezing waters of Lofoten Islands, Norway (PHOTO: andreasfromnorth)

Tamara Singer faces the chilling waters of the Norwegian Sea (PHOTO: andreasfromnorth)

Tamara Singer (R) and her Lofoten Seaweed co-founder Angelita Eriksen (PHOTO: Morten Munthee)

Tamara Singer (R) and her Lofoten Seaweed co-founder Angelita Eriksen harvesting seaweed (PHOTO: Morten Munthee)

Tamara Singer (L) and Angelita Eriksen of Lofoten Seaweed in Norway (PHOTO: Morten Munthee)

Some of the harvest for Lofoten Seaweed (PHOTO: Kristoffer Lorentzen)

Tamara Singer, Co-Founder of Lofoten Seaweed (PHOTO: David Maupile)

Tamara Singer of Lofoten Seaweed in Norway (PHOTO: Supplied)

Tamara Singer (L) and Angelita Eriksen harvesting seaweed in the freezing waters of the Lofoten Islands (PHOTO: Richard Walch)

Harvesting seaweed in Lofoten Islands (PHOTO: Arni Coraldo)

Angelita Eriksen and Tamara Singer (R), co-founders of Lofoten Seaweed in Norway (PHOTO: Arni Coraldo)