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As one of the most experienced suppliers of photo trips to Svalbard it seemed natural that WildPhoto Travel was the preferred partner when Nikon Norway and Interfoto went on teambuilding trip to the islands. The fact that I am a Nikon ambassador might also have played a small part, but still we pushed ourselves to [...]
GREAT WINTER PHOTO WORKSHOP WITH EAGLES AND SEABIRDS Welcome to wildlife photo workshops at Smøla (Norway) 23-26.01 and 30.01-02.02 2014. During these days you will get good opportunities to photograph White-tailed eagles (from hide and boat), seabirds, ducks and maybe also some whales (Orcas). The light on this time of the year might also be [...]
Trip report from Galapagos 23.04-03.05 2012, written by Roy Mangersnes. Day 1 Arriving from Quito to Baltra in the Galapagos we were all excited to see what the expedition would bring. With 16 passengers, two zodiacs and a crew of 8, the boat that will be our home for the next 11 days seem [...]
Day 16 – Deception Island Deception Island in a volcanic island in the South Shetland Islands. As the vulcano is still active there is hot steam coming up from the ground at the beach. The water close to the shore was very hot, even though it was below 0º celsius in the air. A few [...]
Day 15 – South Shetland Islands After three rather quiet days at sea we are now at the South Sheltand Island, close to the Antarctic peninsula. The scenery is stunning, and penguins are all over the place. This morning we had a landing at Half Moon Island, visiting a Chinstrap Penguin rookery. These birds are [...]
Day 12 – South-Georgia. At this time of the year the beaches at South Georgia are packed with Elephant seals. At every beach there is a “beach master”, a big male controlling the beach. This male can have harems of up to 100 females ready to mate with him. Around the harems there are a [...]
Day 11 – South-Georgia. Early this morning we landed at Gold Harbour, another fantastic location in South Georgia. We where lucky to be there when the first gentle rays from the rising sun hit the beach at 4 a.m. The beach where packed with wildlife, we had to watch every single step we took not [...]
Day 10 – South-Georgia. The scenery here at South Georgia is amazing. Snow covered mountains is around us everywhere we go. A few days ago there was full moon, this gave us enough light to shoot night images even from our moving ship. cheers, Espen & Audun ——- Background: Naturfokus is planning to arrange photo [...]
Day 9 – South-Georgia. After waiting for more than half a day we were able to land on the legendary Salisbury Plain. Thousand and thousand of King Penguins in an amazing scenery were greeting us. South Georgia has not only got lots of wildlife, the island has also got a fantastic landscape. Combining the two [...]
Day 8 – South-Georgia. Finally we have arrived at South Georgia. Our first landing was at Right Whale bay, in the north western part of the island. The bay was full of wildlife, elephant seals, fur seal and lots of penguins. The coming days will hopefully give us a lot more of this. cheers, Espen [...]