Category Archives: Arctic travel

A vintage year and an old story

The Arctic and the Arctic travelled in the company of 22 boisterous, feisty and enthusiastic alaskan malamutes is such a joy and one hell of a life tonic!

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Arctic Beachcombing

In winter the boundaries of land and sea become blurred and can be a little unfathomable. Often there is no easy telling whether you are on solid ground or floating on ice, and were it not for the occasional tideline of flotsam you would not have any idea that you were on the beach at […]

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An elusive landscape – photographing the Arctic

Much of the Arctic north of the treeline, away from the classic destinations and the hyperbole of adventure, can be flat and featureless and more than a little desolate. Still, it has its charms and on a grey day as the clouds thicken it creates its own kind of subtle and nuanced excitement, a perceptual […]

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Birdseye view of the North

Flying from England to Alaska is a visual treat, not because of the latest movie showing on your seat back tv, no, because of the views out of the window. Flights usually fly over the Greenland icecap, across Davis Straight and clip the bottom of Baffin Island before continueing across Canada. As we drift over […]

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Tried and tested blizzard parka

Leading on from my last post about bad weather I am always impressed and a little bit jealous of Joe Henderson’s blizzard coat. When the weather gets really rough, on goes the coat. It’s warm, it’s windproof and most importantly it’s breathable, it’s beginning to sound like it is made of a modern “wonder” fabric […]

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At home in the Arctic – alaskan malamute video

The Arctic coast of Alaska is famed for its weather and not least it’s wind. On my first trip to the Arctic I travelled along the coast on a short trip with Joe Henderson and his dog team and we encountered a lot of wind, wind that kept us tent bound for days. Everything was […]

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