A book of longing about freedom and the joy of experiencing the forces of nature. Two friends in a small boat fulfill a long-held dream: they aim to catch a Greenland shark from the depths of the North Atlantic, that legendary creature which rarely surfaces. As they wait, the sea myths and legends wash over the boat like waves, and Morten A. Strøksnes narrates tales of real and imagined beings, of jellyfish species with three hundred stomachs, of sea cucumbers and anglerfish. He tells of brave polar explorers, whalers, and cartographers, and of course, the harsh life along Arctic shores, of the skrei that has ensured survival for many generations on the Lofoten Islands, of the color and sound of the sea. A salty adventure story about the freedom and joy of defying the forces of nature – and a breathtaking book that leaves us in awe of the unfathomable mysteries of the ocean.