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Arctic & Aurora

Arctic landscape, Northern Lights, reindeer, huskies, skidoos frozen rivers and much much more.

February 2009. The journey commences in Tromso, our 'Gateway to the Arctic', continues via Finland culminating in our base camp, the raw landscape of Ravnastua, Karasjok. This was an epic journey, an adventure and fed us with a hostile beauty. Clear skies every evening resulted in the magical aurora dancing constantly through the freezing arctic skies. It was script written for adventure.

Enjoy the journey.
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    Scooter. 200 miles above the 66 degree latitude (Arctic circle). Deep in the northern territories of Finnmark and just outside the small Sami town of Karasjok. Our base camp was only accessible vis snow scooter. It took 30 mins to reach camp from the highway and was our means of transport during the trip. Great fun, enabling us to cover plenty of ground in search of good photo shoot locations. Had a scare on the first day as we ventured out and managed to roll one in very deep snow. Took ages to get back on track. Not a good start. Olympus E3, 8mm fisheye - F4, 1/400s, EC +0.7
    Base Camp. Accommodation Arctic style. No luxuries here. The camp consisted of Small cabins such as these which became our temporary home. A log burner kept us warm and supplied us with hot water for drinks. Hydro-energy (local stream) supplied us with erratic electricity for light and charging batteries. Washing was from a bowl and toilets were an oil drum outside. All very crude but added to the authenticity of the place. Olympus E3, 50-200mm - F4.5, 1/125s, EC +0.7
    Home. It was only 11.20am and look how low the sun lies. Days are very short here in February. In order to get the effective sunburst I closed down the aperture to F20. Olympus E3, 7-14mm - F20, 1/13s, EC +0.7