ARCTIC SVALBARD JULY 2020

Arctic skua (tyvjo)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/5,6, 1/1000, ISO 1800

The year of 2020 brought a big change in my life (... and many other people`s lives). Because of the pandemic virus disease I could no longer travel the world for photographic adventures and all my presentations on international basis were cancelled (yes, they were quite a few). I know many people are much worse hit than I am ... but still it was... and still is ... a big blow to me. 

Fortunately arctic Svalbard is a part of Norway and available for travel within the country... so this was my big adventure this summer. First thing you do when you arrive as a photographer up there is to turn day & night upside down. Because of the qualities of the light you work at nighttime and sleep at daytime.

Hope you like the pictures ! 

Thanks to Wildphoto Travel for great management & guiding.

Arctic fox (fjellrev)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/500, ISO 2200

Arctic fox (fjellrev) 

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/500, ISO 2000

Arctic fox (fjellrev)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/4,0, 1/800, ISO 2000

Arctic fox (fjellrev)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/4,0, 1/800, ISO 2200

Purple sandpiper (fjæreplytt)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/500, ISO 2200

Longtailed skua (fjelljo)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0 + 1,4 conv =850 mm, f/6,3, 1/2500, ISO 1100

Male polar bear in the ocean ice at 81 degrees north

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0 + 1,4 conv =850 mm, f/6,3, 1/2000, ISO 1100

Male polar bear in the ocean ice at 81 degrees north

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/2000, ISO 1000

Male polar bear on the ocean ice in Wahleberg Fiord, Nordauslandet ... coming to check us out

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0 + 1,4 conv =850 mm, f/6,3, 1/2000, ISO 2200

Male polar bear on the ocean ice in Wahleberg Fiord, Nordauslandet ... coming to check us out

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/2000, ISO 2800

A very close encounter with the male polar bear in Wahleberg Fiord, Nordauslandet

Nikon D5, Nikkor 200-400 4,0 / 300 mm, f/5,6, 1/2000, ISO 2200

A VERY close encounter with a male polar bear in Wahleberg Fiord, Nordauslandet ... uncropped !!

Nikon D5, Nikkor 200-400 4,0 / 400 mm, f/8,0, 1/1000, ISO 4000

Brünnichs Guillemot (polarlomvi), Hinlopen Strait.

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/1000, ISO 2500

Portrait of Brünnichs Guillemot (polarlomvi)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/1600, ISO 3200

Brünnichs Guillemot (polarlomvi) flight

Nikon D5, Nikkor 200-400 4,0, f/4,0, 1/2000, ISO 2000

Brünnichs Guillemot (polarlomvi)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/1000, ISO 2800

Brünnichs Guillemot (polarlomvi) on floating iceberg, Hinlopen Strait

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/1600, ISO 3600

Brünnichs Guillemot (polarlomvi) on floating iceberg, Hinlopen Strait

Nikon D5, Nikkor 200-400 4,0 / 200 mm, f/5,6, 1/1250, ISO 1400

Brünnichs Guillemot (polarlomvi) on floating iceberg, Hinlopen Strait

Nikon D5, Nikkor 70-200 2,8 / 70 mm, f/5,6, 1/800, ISO 560

Brünnichs Guillemot (polarlomvi) on floating iceberg with our ship "Origo" on the horizon

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/6,3, 1/2000, ISO 5000

Arctic Tern (rødnebbterne) with colour of the ice from amazing Monaco Glacier

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/5,6, 1/2000, ISO 1100

Black Guillemot (teist) on the floating ice of Kongsfjorden

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/5,0, 1/1250, ISO 5600

Great Skua (storlo) with colour of the ice from Hinlopen Strait

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/5,6, 1/1250, ISO 2200

Ivory Gull (ismåke) .... the white beauty of the high arctic. 

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/8,0, 1/1250, ISO 1000

Little Auk (alkekonge) with colour from the ocean below

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0 + 1,4 conv. = 850 mm, f/5,6, 1/1250, ISO 2800

Little Auk (alkekonge) with colour from the ocean below

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0 + 1,4 conv. = 850 mm, f/6,3, 1/800, ISO 1250

Little Auk (alkekonge) with colour from the ocean below

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0 + 1,4 conv. = 850 mm, f/5,6, 1/1250, ISO 3200

Glaucous Gull (Polarmåke) eating the remains of a guillemot

Nikon D5, Nikkor 200-400 4,0 /400 mm, f/4,0, 1/2000, ISO 2000

Portrait of Walrus (hvalross)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/4,5, 1/1000, ISO 2200

Walrus (hvalross)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/4,5, 1/640, ISO 1800

The biggest animal on the planet : Blue Whale (blåhval)

Nikon D5, Nikkor 600 4,0, f/7,1, 1/1600, ISO 560