Tamara Singer and Angelita Eriksen gather seaweed near Flakstad. Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty ImagesTamara Singer and Angelita Eriksen, cofounders of Lofoten Seaweed, collect seaweed in the 4C waters of Vareid, in the Atlantic OceanThe US chef Josh Haner cooks a dish based on seaweed condiments, surrounded by algae containers, in Ballstad, near FlakstadFingertare seaweed at high tide in a fjord.
There are about 12,000 different species of seaweed in the world, and nearly 500 of them can be found growing in NorwayEriksen grew up cutting cod tongues and baiting long lines for her fisher father in the village of Napp. The ocean was a lifeline for her family. But her curiosity around seaweed only arose when she was researching nutrition for her own health.