top of page
​
“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.”
​
– Anthony Bourdain
The memories of what I took from my travels. Here.
Search
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
29 views
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
42 views
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
50 views
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
129 views
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
113 views
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
44 views
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
38 views
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
62 views
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
97 views
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
95 views
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
75 views
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
498 views
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
115 views
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
119 views
bottom of page