Boat tour
Svalbard: Wildlife and the Midnight Sun
Inside Nordvest-Spitsbergenby Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris
A 12-day polar bear photo cruise on the 12-passenger M/S Sjoveien (eight outside cabins, two Zodiacs) from Longyearbyen, led by Behzad J. Larry. Van Os has run photo tours since 1980 and plans these trips around time in the field for photographers.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Behzad J. Larry
- Route
- Starts and ends in Longyearbyen
- Visits
- Svalbard archipelago
- Length
- 12 days
- Group size
- Up to 12 people
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, closed
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, open
- July, open
- August, closed
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Jun, Jul
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 | −11° | |
| Feb | None: only blue hour around noon, 10:13–14:46 | 0h0 hpolar night | −2° | |
| Mar | 07:10– | 14:59– | 11h 8m11 h 8 min | 8° |
| Apr | 02:33– | 20:42– | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 20° |
| May | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 29° | |
| JunIn season | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 34° | |
| JulIn season | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 32° | |
| Aug | until 03:54 | from 22:34 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 24° |
| Sep | 06:01– | 17:56– | 14h 50m14 h 50 min | 13° |
| Oct | Low sun all day: 10:44–15:13 | 5h 31m5 h 31 min | 2° | |
| Nov | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −8° | |
| Dec | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −13° | |
- 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.