Boat tour
Polar Bears of the High Arctic in Autumn Light
Outside, 28 km from Nordvest-Spitsbergenby Joshua Holko (Wild Nature Photo Travel)
A 19-day late-summer photography voyage on the ice-hardened M.S. Stockholm from Longyearbyen north to about 80 degrees N at the edge of the permanent pack ice, for 12 photographers, with two Zodiacs. The long trip gives time to search the pack for polar bears in low autumn light.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Joshua Holko
- Route
- Starts and ends in Longyearbyen
- Visits
- North Svalbard pack ice
- Length
- 19 days
- Group size
- Up to 12 people
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, closed
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, closed
- July, closed
- August, open
- September, open
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Aug, Sep
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in Oslo time (with summer time where it applies). In-season months are marked.
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| Jan | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −12° | |
| Feb | None: only blue hour around noon, 10:33–13:58 | 0h0 hpolar night | −3° | |
| Mar | 07:00– | 14:19– | 11h 3m11 h 3 min | 8° |
| Apr | until 05:30 | from 20:36 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 19° |
| May | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 29° | |
| Jun | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 33° | |
| Jul | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 31° | |
| AugIn season | until 03:13 | from 22:45 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 24° |
| SepIn season | 05:41– | 17:37– | 15h 5m15 h 5 min | 13° |
| Oct | Low sun all day: 11:03–14:25 | 4h 43m4 h 43 min | 1° | |
| Nov | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −9° | |
| Dec | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −14° | |
- Midnight sun: the sun does not set on 15 April, 15 May, 15 June, 15 July and 15 August.
- Polar night: the sun does not rise on 15 January, 15 February, 15 November and 15 December.