Boat tour
Jewels of the Arctic (Better Photography photo tour)
Outside protected areasby Better Photography (with Aurora Expeditions)
A 15-day Aurora Expeditions voyage on the Greg Mortimer from Reykjavik via East Greenland's Scoresby Sund to Svalbard and on to Oslo, hosted for photographers by Peter Eastway of Better Photography magazine.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Led by
- Peter Eastway
- Route
- Reykjavik to Oslo
- Visits
- Scoresby Sund and Svalbard
- Length
- 15 days
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, closed
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, closed
- July, closed
- August, open
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
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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 Scoresbysund 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: only blue hour around noon, 09:42–13:46 | 0h0 hpolar night | −1° | |
| Feb | 08:24– | 13:03– | 7h 15m7 h 15 min | 7° |
| Mar | 06:06– | 16:07– | 11h 35m11 h 35 min | 18° |
| Apr | 04:38– | 19:15– | 16h 19m16 h 19 min | 29° |
| May | 01:33– | 21:10– | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 39° |
| Jun | until 02:30 | from 22:39 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 43° |
| Jul | until 03:16 | from 22:01 | 24h24 hmidnight sun | 41° |
| AugIn season | 03:39– | 20:06– | 18h 25m18 h 25 min | 34° |
| Sep | 05:55– | 17:49– | 13h 25m13 h 25 min | 22° |
| Oct | 08:01– | 15:06– | 8h 59m8 h 59 min | 11° |
| Nov | Low sun all day: 10:04–12:33 | 3h 25m3 h 25 min | 1° | |
| Dec | None: only blue hour around noon, 10:51–12:07 | 0h0 hpolar night | −4° | |
- Midnight sun: the sun does not set on 15 May, 15 June and 15 July.
- Polar night: the sun does not rise on 15 January and 15 December.