TRAVEL WITH PASSION 2015

SVALBARDLAND OF THE POLAR BEARSSEPTEMBER 3-12 2015

BETTER MOMENTS

SVALBARD

LAND OF THE POLAR BEARS 3 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2015

Photo: Anders Geidemark

LAND OF THE POLAR BEARS

SEPTEMBER 3 - 12 2015

LAND OF THE POLAR BEARS 3 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2015

Photo: Anders Geidemark

ward-winning photogra-pher Anders Geidemark has been a judge in several

international nature photo compet-witions, such as Wildlife Photog-rapher of The Year, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year. He will take you on an Arctic adven-ture.

Svalbard is a place of deep fjords, snow-capped mountains, massive sheets of ice, and magnificent polar bears. It is a Norwegian archipelago situated in the Arctic Ocean between the North Pole and Norway. Travel under the midnight sun on board M/S Origo and experience nature in its purest form. Polar bears thrive here. Roughly half the estimated 3,000 bears in the Barents Sea popu-lation raise their young on the archi-pelago’s isolated islands. Humans are warned not to venture beyond town without a rifle as pro-tection against Ursus maritimus. Seabirds migrate to Svalbard in the millions. Five species of seals and 12 kinds of whales feed in the waters off the coast. Atlantic walruses prosper on the rich clam beds along the shal-low shelf of the Barents Sea. On the open tundra of Svalbard’s plateaus and valleys, reindeer forage and arc-tic fox hunt free from predators.

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EXPLORE WITH ANDERS GEIDEMARK

LAND OF THE POLAR BEARS 3 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2015

Photo: Anders Geidemark

ITINERARY DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN LONGYEARBYEN

Better Moments will pick you up at the airport and accommodate you on M/S Origo - your base for ad-venture the next 9 days. We sail through the spec-tacular Icefjord. After welcome drinks and dinner, we review security and safety information and fin-ish the day with a beautiful slideshow about Sval-bard by Anders Geidemark.

DAY 2–9: AT SEAWe are in a part of the world where we are totally dependent on ice and weather conditions. Our ex-act itinerary depends these factors, and on the wild-life we encounter. The places mentioned below are therefore examples of some of the many exceptional sites Svalbard has to offer.

Northwest Svalbard We will pass the islands of Danskøya, Amster-damøya and Ytre Norskøya with remnants from the bustling activity during the 17th century whal-ing period. During our journey we also explore, Liefdefjorden, Mona- co Glacier, Krossfjorden and Raudfjorden. All fjords have unique sceneries with beautiful glaciers, a rich wildlife of whales, seals, bird and polar bears.

North Spitsbergen and HinlopenNorth of Spitsbergen we will meet the pack ice. Only a few expedition ships can sail here. The chance of seeing polar bears increases as we sail along the ice by ship and Zodiac. We will also make excursions onto the ice, to make most of the opportunity to photograph the unique icy landscape. It is on the pack ice we have our biggest chances to photograph polar bears during their seal hunt.

DAY 9: LONGYEARBYEN AND DEPARTUREEarly morning we reach Longyearbyen and after shopping in Longyearbyen, we begin our journey home. Please note: Our exact route will depend on the ice, weather conditions and wildlife.

EXPERT: ANDERS GEIDEMARK

LAND OF THE POLAR BEARS 3 - 12 SEPTEMBER 2015

Photo: Anders G

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Photo: Anders G

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Award-winning photographer Anders Geidemark has worked as a wildlife photographer and writer since 1988. He has been a judge in several international nature photo competitions, such as Wildlife Photographer of The Year, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Nordic Nature Photo Contest. He

has had about 50 exhibitions, and produced and contributed to nu-merous photography books, in-cluding, “Risen from sea – shad-owed by wings”.

Geidemark is deeply inspired by nature and has been it since he was a child.

“The forest became my play-ground, and I had plenty time to philosophize. My father was an enthusiastic hunter and I listened to his great stories. He didn’t read fairy tales to make me fall asleep, he read hunting novels.”

ANDERS GEIDEMARK

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