ARCTIC WANDERER

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Baffin Island 2025

Available in:
Limited edition run of 25 - 30” print for £500
Limited edition run of 15 - 48” print for £1250

In March, I returned to Baffin Island, Canada, for my third consecutive year camping on the sea ice to photograph polar bears in Canada. This remote Arctic landscape is one of the most pristine and majestic places in the world to capture pictures of polar bears, especially images worth framing. However, with temperatures ranging from -30°C to -40°C, it is also one of the most challenging environments to photograph in.

On this day, our Inuit spotters located a young four-year-old male polar bear resting on an iceberg about 30 minutes from camp. As we approached by skidoo, the bear calmly walked across the ice, offering an extraordinary photographic opportunity. Remarkably relaxed in our presence, he allowed us to observe and photograph him throughout the day, alternating between sleep and watchful curiosity.

Unlike females, male polar bears do not hibernate. They remain solitary through the Arctic winter, hunting seals and traveling vast distances, sometimes over 3,000 kilometers in a single month.

As the sun dipped toward the horizon, and the bear descended from the iceberg I got low to the ground so that I was at eye level with the polar bear 100 metres away. This was the resulting image of my arctic encounter. He then continued his solitary journey across the ice floe, a perfect ending to a day spent with a true Arctic wanderer.

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Baffin Island 2025

Available in:
Limited edition run of 25 - 30” print for £500
Limited edition run of 15 - 48” print for £1250

In March, I returned to Baffin Island, Canada, for my third consecutive year camping on the sea ice to photograph polar bears in Canada. This remote Arctic landscape is one of the most pristine and majestic places in the world to capture pictures of polar bears, especially images worth framing. However, with temperatures ranging from -30°C to -40°C, it is also one of the most challenging environments to photograph in.

On this day, our Inuit spotters located a young four-year-old male polar bear resting on an iceberg about 30 minutes from camp. As we approached by skidoo, the bear calmly walked across the ice, offering an extraordinary photographic opportunity. Remarkably relaxed in our presence, he allowed us to observe and photograph him throughout the day, alternating between sleep and watchful curiosity.

Unlike females, male polar bears do not hibernate. They remain solitary through the Arctic winter, hunting seals and traveling vast distances, sometimes over 3,000 kilometers in a single month.

As the sun dipped toward the horizon, and the bear descended from the iceberg I got low to the ground so that I was at eye level with the polar bear 100 metres away. This was the resulting image of my arctic encounter. He then continued his solitary journey across the ice floe, a perfect ending to a day spent with a true Arctic wanderer.

For more details on printing, delivery and charity, click here.