Greenland is immense in every way possible. The oceans, the fiords, the geology, the skies, the icebergs, the mountains – everything fills your vision and stretches on endlessly. Huge bergs are dwarfed by jagged mountain tops, large seabirds are daunted…
Believe it or not, it is possible for 50 people to sneak up on a Musk Ox – we proved it! On our Arctic expedition, one of our landings provided us with the opportunity to take a guided walk on…
This week on Taraji Blue our theme is “The Arctic” We’ll be sharing our favourite pictures and experiences. I’ll kick off with “The birth of an iceberg”… This is how bergs are born. Huge pieces of ice are calved off the face of…
Ok. Life in infrared ain’t all rosy (no pun intended). The shots I thought might be naff ended up inspiring me. The shots I thought would be fantastic are rubbish! Take this one for example…. I created a long exposure facing into the sun, feeling…
OK, typical New Year new promises but there were good (hmm… justifiable rather than good) reasons for absence in gazing around and contributing. So, onto a better plane. Trees stand fixed in position as the full moon rises above the…
Allow me to introduce Stinky… he’s an Arctic fox cub who I got to know very well on our trip to Greenland. Allow me to explain… We’d left the ship for one of our last landings and Ali and I…
Greenland is guaranteed to maximise any inferiority complex you might have – and if you don’t have one, it’ll nurture one. It is, without a doubt, one of the most incredible and gigantic places on earth. 200ft icebergs towering over you in…
I never thought I’d be a sea-going wench. I thought myself more of a landlubber who would never get used to the pitch and roll of the ocean – especially given my tendency for land-sickness in the early days of our travels. Truth be…
This truly was a close encounter of the titanic kind… Whilst resting in Greenland’s Scoresbysund one evening, our ship was struck by an iceberg. Our captain used powerful search lights to explore the surrounding fjord in an attempt to find a navigable path out…
We waited with bated breath until BBC’s Frozen Planet came out on blu-ray and we have now watched a couple of episodes, but I have had to lock it away for a wee while – it’s dangerous stuff! The credits had barely rolled for episode two and…