Why this cruise line chilled its barolo wine beneath the Arctic Ocean for a year

Hurtigruten has raised 1,002 bottles of Barolo that chilled in the Arctic waters off northern Norway - (Max Emanuelson/Hurtigruten)

Norweigan cruise line Hurtigruten has unveiled a new tipple across its fleet that has been chilled 34 metres beneath the Arctic Ocean.

Hurtigruten has raised 1,002 bottles of Barolo from the waters off northern Norway after a year-long experiment that aimed to discover what would happen when one of Italy’s most celebrated wines was matured in the unique high Arctic conditions.