Join us on this adventurous wildlife photography expedition on Svalbard. In this period the sun will dip down at the horizon again, giving us stunning light to photograph the local wildlife in.  Under the guidance of two official guides, we will spend a total of 11 days out searching for wildlife. The main species we will focus on, are the polar bear, arctic fox, Svalbard reindeer and walrus. But we shouldn't forget the stunning arctic landscape we will be in. We will be using two zodiacs for approaching the wildlife and to get on land. 

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Please note

Floris Smeets will be the workshop leader on this expedition. This will be his first visit to Svalbard and therefor we don't have any of his pictures to showcase here on this page. Floris won't be doing any of the guiding. For this we have two very experienced official Svalbard guides, who have years of experience in guiding wildlife photographers in this specific area. 

A great chance to see Polar Bears in a magnificent landscape.

The tour

We will stay for 10 nights and 11 days on the MS Origo. Most of the photography will happen from zodiacs and on land. With the zodiacs we can get close to the polar bears, but still be safe. In August the sun will come down to the horizon again, giving us beautiful light to work with. This will not be a birding tour, since most of the birds will already have left the area. But it is a very good period for photographing the mammals. A lot of the snow and ice has molten, making it easier to find the polar bears. The young arctic foxes are very active and playful in this period. The reindeer are shedding the velvet from their antlers. The stinky walruses will be around as well. And the chance to see whales should be pretty good as well. By staying for 11 days on MS Origo we will have more time than the standard 8 day expeditions. This means that we can spend more time with our subjects, which allows us to focus on improving our images. 

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Itinerary

• Day 0. Arriving in Longyearbyen and spending the night in a local hotel.

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• Day 1. We will be picked up from our hotel and be brought to MS Origo. The tour will start

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• Day 2-10. Cruising around Svalbard, photographing wildlife. 

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• Day 11. Arrival back in Longyearbyen and transfer back to the airport or hotel at Longyearbyen, depending in the flight schedules, we either take a flight out from Longyearbyen or we will spend one more night in a hotel in Longyearbyen. 

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• Day 12. If we had to spend the night at the hotel, we will fly out from Longyearbyen today. 

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