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“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
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– Anthony Bourdain
The memories of what I took from my travels. Here.
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Getting to know the King of the North
Wildlife photography trips are full of long hours with nothing to do. Â Our ship was steaming away to the next place. We were in one of...
Oct 18, 2024
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High Drama at the Waterfront
There are times when you watch a scene unfold in front of you, right from the start to the very end. Like when you know that the cheetah...
Oct 4, 2024
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A windfall of bears !
“ Bear in the water…behind us !!! “  That line set up an unprecedented, scarcely believable few hours for us.  But, before I get into...
Jul 26, 2024
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Random Thoughts from a Ship's Deck
Phototrips can be bloody tiring. I reached home a little after noon. A journey that was a tale of delayed flights, missed connecting...
Jun 13, 2024
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Hello, Arctic…here I come !
As you read this, I would have either just reached the northern most inhabited place on this earth – Longyearbyen – or set off aboard the...
May 31, 2024
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The Gorgeous Photo that didn't happen
It started in the most innocuous way. It is often rather difficult to spot a polar bear. The distant white spot that you might see on the...
Jul 28, 2023
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In search of the Arctic Fox
I am back in Norway. This time focusing on wildlife on the other end of the size spectrum to polar bears which was the focus in my last...
Apr 7, 2023
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The Importance of being...a krill
Maybe, the talk around climate change and the need for conservation activities is increasing. However, there is one critical aspect of...
Dec 2, 2022
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Meeting the King of the North
There are 19 species of marine mammals in Svalbard. 3 species of terrestrial mammals. And a whopping 237 species of birds. That’s a fair...
Nov 18, 2022
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Views from the deck - II
A bird, a curious mix of dark grey ( or is it more brown ? ) and white – brownish wings and a white head and belly - came close to our...
Oct 7, 2022
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The Magnificence that is the Arctic Tern
It’s a rather unremarkable bird to look at. Visually, there are birds that are far more striking than the Arctic tern, with its white and...
Sep 9, 2022
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It's real. It's serious. And it's here.
“ Its unlikely that, that bear will survive. It looks tiny in size. There is no ice around the island so its stuck there. The only prey...
Aug 26, 2022
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The Bear who liked to swim
She popped up again, her fur dripping wet, gave a weak shake of her head, spraying a much lighter shower of water around her and then...
Aug 12, 2022
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In the Northernmost inhabited place in the world
First off, sincere apologies about missing the last scheduled newsletter. I was far away, in a desolate place, totally disconnected from...
Aug 6, 2022
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