Can you come to Iceland with us next month?

We need a few more people so that the trip can go ahead so we are offering a £200 ‘last-minute’ discount! 

• 28th May – 2nd June 2012     NEW PRICE only £1475
• Exclusive charter of expedition yacht ‘Aurora’ plus kayaking and hiking.
• Capture the changing Arctic seasons, thousands of birds, wonderful light, Arctic foxes….
• Photo guide, Polar Adventurer & Photographer Tim Burton
• Minimum 5, Maximum 8 guests
• All welcome, whatever your photography experience – and non-photographers welcome too

To FIND OUT MORE about this trip and to book your place, click here.

To celebrate 10 years of happy sailing aboard their beautiful classic yacht ‘Goxsheim’, Charles and Natasha are offering two chances to win a FREE holiday with them this summer!

The prizes are:

• An 8-day ‘Lazy Sailing’ holiday in Arctic Norway.
• An 8-day ‘Hike and Sail’ holiday in Arctic Norway.

FIND OUT MORE about these voyages and their other sailing trips this summer – they really are AMAZING.

To enter, simply send your name and e-mail address on a post card (yes, you can only enter by post) to Charles and Natasha:  ‘Aurora Borealis’, Post Box 1360, 8001 Bodo, NORWAY.   But hurry!  Closing date is 30th April!  We will announce the winners soon afterwards.

GOOD LUCK!

Don’t worry – even if you don’t win, you can still get 5% off any ‘Goxsheim’ holiday by booking through The Polar People – just get in touch

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)

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)