Month: March 2019

Departing for Svalbard in Winter 2019

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My time in Iceland this winter has now come to an end (full trip report on the Arctic Fox expedition coming soon) and early tomorrow morning I am going to make the short hop across to Oslo and then up to Longyearbyen in Svalbard. I will be leading two back-to-back winter snow mobile expeditions (both sold out) as well as an expedition by ship (also sold out) out into the frozen wilds of the Arctic in search of Polar Bear, Arctic Fox, Reindeer, and wonderful frozen landscapes.

Winter is my favourite time of year to visit and photograph in Svalbard. With the sun low on the horizon and the landscape draped in snow and ice the opportunities for both wildlife and landscape photography are truly superb. The 2019 expedition is long sold out, and there are now only has a few places remaining on the 2020 expedition before it will also be sold out. If you would like to photograph in Svalbard in winter then you can drop me an email to register for one of the final places. Once they are spoken for, thats it.

Wolverines and Wolves of Finland 2019 Availability

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A place has just become available on my Wolverines and Wolves workshop this October in northern Finland. We will be photographing in mid Autumn conditions: We can expect everything from sunny days to cloud, fog or even heavy rain. This variety of weather, landscape and lighting conditions will provide you with the opportunity to create a diverse, creative and professional portfolio of these predators. We will be photographing almost exclusively from hides as these animals are extremely shy and very elusive. Each hide is equipped with everything you need to spend hours (even overnight) out in the field. We will have a number of different hides from which to choose, with various viewing angles.

On this workshop we will be staying in private cottages located deep inside a Nature Reserve only a few miles from the Russian border. Each cottage can accommodate up to four people, but is available for single use at no extra cost. Breakfast will be taken at our accommodation. Lunch and dinner will be a combination of food in the field, and home cooked meals prepared for us by a chef at our cabins. If you have special dietary requirements please be sure to let us know at time of booking.

If you are interested in photographing these apex predators along with black bears and White-Tailed Eagles from private hides during the fiery Autumn colour of Finland then please drop me an email to register your interest.

 

 

2019 Arctic Fox Expedition Complete

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Yesterday afternoon I wrapped up my 2019 Arctic Fox expedition in the north west of Iceland. I will have a full trip report when I return home to Australia in April, but in the meantime the 2019 expedition saw us encounter the highest density of foxes I have yet experienced in this part of Iceland. We had sightings and great encounters with a total of six individual foxes during our expedition and some absolutely superb photographic experiences. At the conclusion of our expedition we took a little time to visit the Arctic Fox Centre in Sudavik where there are now a number of my Arctic Fox prints on display throughout the centre. I am now spending a week more in the north of Iceland before I make way up to Svalbard for both my winter snowmobile and winter ship expeditions.