Tour
Svalbard Around Longyearbyen – Land-based Arctic Fox Photo Tour (Photo Tours Norway)
Outside, 19 km from Van Mijenfjordenby Photo Tours Norway AS
Six-day land-based photo tour for four to six people staying at Coal Miners' Cabins in Longyearbyen, with five guided five-hour outings by vehicle and on foot into the valleys around town. Winter departures (March) target white arctic foxes, Svalbard reindeer and ptarmigan; summer departures (June–July) run through the midnight sun for foxes, little auks, terns and geese.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Jonas Janss Haugli and Floris Smeets
- Route
- Starts and ends in Longyearbyen
- Visits
- Longyearbyen and Adventdalen
- Length
- 6 days
- Group size
- Up to 6 people
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, open
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, open
- July, open
- August, closed
- September, closed
- October, open
- November, closed
- December, closed
Mar, Jun, Jul, Oct
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 | −9° | |
| Feb | None: the sun only just clears the horizon | 31m31 min | 0° | |
| MarIn season | 06:47– | 15:15– | 11h 14m11 h 14 min | 10° |
| Apr | 03:17– | 20:13– | 20h 40m20 h 40 min | 22° |
| May | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 31° | |
| JunIn season | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 35° | |
| JulIn season | None: the sun stays high all night | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 33° | |
| Aug | until 04:12 | from 21:45 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 26° |
| Sep | 05:54– | 17:49– | 14h 27m14 h 27 min | 15° |
| OctIn season | Low sun all day: 09:48–15:36 | 6h 33m6 h 33 min | 3° | |
| Nov | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −7° | |
| Dec | None: it stays dark all day | 0h0 hpolar night | −12° | |
- Midnight sun: the sun does not set on 15 May, 15 June, 15 July and 15 August.
- Polar night: the sun does not rise on 15 January, 15 November and 15 December.