Tour
Varanger Arctic Winter – Floating Hides & Taiga Photo Tour (Photo Tours Norway)
Outside, 18 km from Neiden- og Munkefjordby Photo Tours Norway AS
Seven-day February photo tour from Kirkenes: three pre-dawn sessions in the Båtsfjord harbour floating hides for king and Steller's eiders, RIB trips for flight shots, a night hide for mountain hare, a day on the Varanger coast and a day at the Pasvik taiga feeders. Small group of up to six with a professional guide.
Details
- Animals are fed
- Baiting not stated
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Jonas Janss Haugli and Jonathan Stenvall
- Route
- Starts and ends in Kirkenes
- Visits
- Båtsfjord, Vadsø, Varanger Peninsula and Pasvik
- Length
- 7 days
- Group size
- Up to 6 people
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, closed
- February, open
- March, open
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, closed
- July, closed
- August, closed
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Feb, Mar
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: the sun only just clears the horizon | 23m23 min | 0° | |
| FebIn season | 07:44– | 12:50– | 7h 26m7 h 26 min | 8° |
| MarIn season | 05:32– | 15:36– | 11h 35m11 h 35 min | 18° |
| Apr | 04:09– | 18:39– | 16h 6m16 h 6 min | 30° |
| May | 01:27– | 20:27– | 22h 12m22 h 12 min | 39° |
| Jun | until 02:13 | from 21:49 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 44° |
| Jul | until 02:53 | from 21:16 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 42° |
| Aug | 03:13– | 19:28– | 18h 6m18 h 6 min | 34° |
| Sep | 05:22– | 17:17– | 13h 23m13 h 23 min | 23° |
| Oct | 07:21– | 14:43– | 9h 8m9 h 8 min | 12° |
| Nov | Low sun all day: 09:04–12:23 | 4h 3m4 h 3 min | 2° | |
| Dec | None: only blue hour around noon, 09:39–12:11 | 0h0 hpolar night | −3° | |
- Midnight sun: the sun does not set on 15 June and 15 July.
- Polar night: the sun does not rise on 15 December.