Sail with me to Antarctica ⚓️ I’m so excited to be heading back down south to the Antarctic peninsula with the @barkeuropa team next season. We have a few seats available on the voyage, so if you have been dreaming of a truly authentic sailing experience to Antarctica, there is nothing else like this. The dates of my voyage are February 6-24th, departing and returning to Ushuaia. Head to the link in my bio on the @barkeuropa website to see all the info and if you decide to book, please let them know I sent you in the application form! Can’t wait for this, the experience is like stepping back in time to early Antarctic exploration 🌊

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A pursuit of survival so far from our own. One from my archives, captured at 800mm in the Arctic pack ice. Polar Bears are extraordinary animals. Their ability to survive in the Arctic’s most hostile, cold and remote environments is simply astonishing. Through the polar darkness, the open ocean, vast fields of sea ice, they push on. It is the work of humans that remain their biggest threat - the continued loss of sea ice habitat and hunting around the Arctic. It also pains me to continue to have to write this, but once again no this is not AI.

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Abstract scenes from the last month around home 🇮🇸 The landscape of Iceland is constantly evolving. With each and every mission back to these locations, I almost always find something new to photograph. Whether it’s finding a small change in colour or texture, or an entirely new perspective of the glaciers, it has become an obsession to revisit these places. It is however not only the pursuit of photography that draws me back. The remoteness paired with a slight intimidation of nature’s power makes for a very unique atmosphere to experience. The glaciers, the valleys, the rivers and mountains, each one has its own challenges and dangers. After a decade of building a deeper understanding of Icelandic nature, the culmination of so much time in the mountains has led to a feeling of calmness in these locations that I rarely feel elsewhere, a true gift from nature.

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Between the ice floes. In a remote region of the Arctic pack ice, I witnessed a lone Polar Bear in transit over the ice floes. Some of the floes are too far apart to jump, so the most efficient route is to swim between and even sometimes underneath them. Polar Bears have an incomprehensible level of endurance and survival instincts, being able to swim for hundreds of kilometres in a single continuous push. Working as a crew member on this Arctic sea ice voyage, I was exceedingly careful when capturing this moment from an aerial perspective. At all times I closely monitored the behaviour of the bear to ensure I did not impact its behaviour. These scenes were captured with @naturalworldsafaris in the international marginal ice zone, sitting just south of the North Pole and more than 12 nautical miles from the northern tip of Svalbard. This video is not AI.

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12.06.25 — I married the love of my life. @eydismariaolafs ❤️

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Beyond the wall. In the vast expanse of Arctic pack ice, a lone Polar Bear roams over the ice floes to the North. As a crew member on board with @naturalworldsafaris, I was able to use the 168mm telephoto lens on the Mavic 4 Pro to capture this scene from a long rage distance. At all times I closely monitored the behaviour of the bear to ensure I did not impact its behaviour. This scene was captured in the international marginal ice zone, sitting just south of the North Pole more than 12 nautical miles from the northern tip of Svalbard.

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A Beluga whale cruising under the Arctic pack ice ❄️ This scene was captured in the international marginal ice zone, sitting just south of the North Pole more than 12 nautical miles from the northern tip of Svalbard. As a crew member on board with @naturalworldsafaris, I was able to use the telephoto lens on the Mavic 4 Pro to capture this scene from afar.

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The home of the Polar Bear. Walking over huge ice chunks on a pressure ridge, here you can see some long lens stills of the bear that we witnessed trying to hunt Beluga whales. Such a beautiful bear and an incredible ice environment. These scenes were captured on the Canon R5 Mark II and RF 400mm 2.8 with @naturalworldsafaris in the international marginal ice zone, sitting just south of the North Pole more than 12 nautical miles from the northern tip of Svalbard.

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The shot of a lifetime. In the remote Arctic pack ice, a Polar Bear attempted to hunt a pod of Beluga whales swimming along the ice edge. In the close up image of the Beluga surfacing, you can see what looks like the scratch marks from a previous event with a Polar Bear. Seeing this scene unfold for the first time after ten years of Arctic expeditions is something I will never forget. The absolute highlight of my career so far as a nature photographer and natural history DOP. As a crew member on board, I was exceedingly careful when capturing this moment from an aerial perspective. This is the first time I have flown a drone to document wildlife in the Arctic, and I was extremely conscious of maintaining a large distance to avoid any disturbance to the Bear and Beluga’s behaviours. Thanks to the newest innovation in drones, I was able to use the 168mm telephoto lens on the Mavic 4 Pro to capture these scenes from afar. At all times I closely monitored the behaviour of the bear to ensure I did not impact its behaviour. I only used a single battery to capture this sequence to minimise my time in the air. These scenes were captured with @naturalworldsafaris in the international marginal ice zone, sitting just south of the North Pole more than 12 nautical miles from the northern tip of Svalbard.

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