Posts by Svein Wik
Svalbard sailing by Arctica II 2017
Into the ice with the sail yacht Arctica II from June 26 to July 07 Every year Arctic Wildlife Tours have done a expedition with this fantastic sail yacht owned by Heinrich Eggenfeller in Longyearbyen. This year gave us challenges to get around because the drift ice still was closing off the northern and southern…
Read MoreSvalbard Photography Expedition Early Summer May 2017
Polar Bears and other Svalbard wildlife in May-June 2017 From May 25th to June 3d Arctic Wildlife Tours did the first out of totally six Svalbard photo expeditions this year. We was chartering the vessel MS Malmö during 9 nights to do at photographic workshop where renowned and price winning photographer Audun Rikardsen form Norway…
Read MoreSvalbard Photography Methods
Svalbard photography – what to expect? Svalbard, or also Spitsbergen, is the most easy accessible place in the High Arctic to travel to. The settlement Longyearbyen have a airport where regular flights is able to land. The city have hotels, restaurants and everything you need for a comfortable stay. However, it is easy to forget…
Read MoreGolden Eagle Hide
A story about the Golden Eagle hide. Back in 1998 I started photographing Golden Eagles at this place in the mountains near my home town Stjørdal, 460 meter above the sea level, not far from the Trondheim Værnes Airport in central parts of Norway. I started out with a small and primitive Golden Eagle hide, some…
Read MoreWinter logistics
The Svalbard cabin in Van Mijen fjorden has space for maybe 10 persons. Its situated at at beautiful place surrounded by mountains. It is good possibilities to photograph from outside the cabin. Here Polar Bears visits the cabin regularly. Several Polar Bears have broke into the cabin when no people was there. They smell the…
Read MoreGallery Svalbard Winter
Winter images from Svalbard Since 2011 we have done at least one expedition every year to Svalbard in winter. Winter-time in the high Arctic is about an experience that is difficult to describe in words and pictures. In this gallery you will find images and videos from some of the situations it is possible to…
Read MoreSvalbard Photography Expedition Summer August 2015
Svalbard photo tours – one story. In mid August 2015 Arctic Wildlife Tours did a photo expedition for Chinese customers around Spitsbergen and up to the Seven Islands, sailing with the MS Malmö. We were 12 passengers, myself as a travel leader, one extra guide and two travel leaders from China. Interesting ice conditions and good weather…
Read MoreSvalbard Photography Expedition Winter 2014
Svalbard Winter expedition story. In 2014 I did the first arranged Svalbard winter expedition by using snowmobiles and camping out in the Svalbard Arctic nature. This is considered as a more extreme activity and I was excited about how it would work out. We cooperate with operators in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, that have many years of…
Read MoreSvalbard Photography Expedition Mid Summer July 2016
A story from Svalbard expedition 2016 In mid summer, from 15th of July, Arctic Wildlife Tours did a 14 day long Svalbard expedition 2016, sailing with the yacht Arctica II. We were 8 passengers, myself as a travel leader and two skippers and guides. The plan was to sail up along the west coast of Spitsbergen…
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