The most wonderful trip, perfect weather, blue skies, whales, seals, porpoise, so many birds and the arctic fox appearing “on cue”.   Francesca.

Dates: 28th May – 2nd June 2012

Price: £1675 per person, full board.

• Exclusive charter of 60′ expedition yacht Aurora.
• Photography guide with extensive Arctic & Antarctic experience.
• Expert sailing crew – who also cook fantastic home-made meals on board!
• Hands on sailing, kayaking, hiking, birding…
• Non-photographers welcome too!
• Minimum 4, maximum 8 passengers.

Get in touch for more details and to book your place.

• Classic yacht ‘Goxsheim’
• 23rd – 30th July: New price NOK 8,500 (approx £1000),was NOK 9,400.
• 1st – 8th August: New price from NOK 11,400 (approx £1345, all inclusive), was NOK 14900
• See Goxsheim’s website for details – then come back to book with us for a further 5% discount!

Did you see the fabulous BBC programme about Polar Bears, with the ingenious cameras?   

Here are some clips on the bbc website:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wylng#clips

For the chance to sneak up on Polar Bears with your own camera (and all sorts of other amazing Arctic wildlife too), why not join us in Spitsbergen this summer?

Related links: Polar Bears, BBC, Arctic

For your own Northern Lights adventure, give us a shout!

 “Over 5 days you could build up a really good knowledge of the basis of the universe”  - says Huw

We’ll go to the Arctic in the depths of winter when there are 24hours of darkness  – perfect conditions for marvelling at the ‘night’ sky all day.   

You don’t have to be an astronomer or even own your own telescope, all you need is a healthy sense of awe and a very wooly hat!

Details coming soon – “Watch this SPACE” (groan).  Do get in touch if you are interested, we’d love to hear from you!

P.S.  This aurora photo was taken a fortnight ago by Jim, with his little ‘point and shoot’ camera – imagine how good your photos could be with a ‘real’ camera?!

Related Articles

• Solar Wind Sparks Dazzling Northern Lights Show (space.com)
• Green auroras light up Arctic sky (newscientist.com)

It all started rather bizarrely, watching reindeer races down the main street in Tromso before we set off into the mountains.

Ski touring from Hut to Hut with great snow and cosy huts at the end of each day.  The weather ranged from sparkly clear sunshine to a complete white-out (well Jen did say she wanted to experience a ‘goggles day’).

While skiers in the Alps were struggling without snow, we were miles from crowded ski lifts with masses of powdery white stuff to play in (v. smug)… digging a snow hole just for fun and marvelling at some pretty stupendous Northern Lights.

So – anybody want to join us next year?

Related Articles

• Just back from amazing skiing in Arctic Norway (thepolarpeople.co.uk)

Last few spaces:

• 1 place available 13th – 24th June
• 1 place available 11th – 22nd July
• 1 place available 25th July – 5th August

Definitely not a cruise!  These are hands-on sailing expeditions coupled with proper long hikes ashore.  No experience necessary just a willingness to ‘muck -in’ and a love of wild places.

Fantastic wildlife watching opportunities: Arctic birds, seals, whales, reindeer and even polar bears.

Contact us to bag one of these last-remaining places!   Don’t forget – if you book with us you get 5% off the price of the holiday

Artistic Odyssey in Spitsbergen   – last few places left!

A painting holiday with a difference.  Join us under the midnight sun in Spitsbergen at almost 80 degrees North for some high latitude plein air painting – or poetry, sculpture, photography…. plus wilderness walking and hands-on sailing on our beautiful classic yacht. 

Artists of all interests and abilities are welcome.  Mary-Anne Bartlett from Art Safari will be on hand to advise and teach us the skills to paint glacial landscapes and arctic wildlife.

http://www.discoverwildlife.com/advertisement-feature/polar-wildlife-travel

Please get in touch to book your place.

Related Articles

• SAIL & HIKE in SPITSBERGEN: Last Few Spaces (thepolarpeople.co.uk)
• Arctic environment during an ancient bout of natural global warming (eurekalert.org)
• A Photo Essay. The Northernmost Russian Town… Barentsburg in Svalbard (02varvara.wordpress.com)