Imagine snow-capped mountains, fjords filled with sea ice, iconic wildlife, and 24 hours of soft sunlight. These are the magical conditions awaiting us on this May 2025 Svalbard photography expedition.

This is a true photography expedition with no fixed route. Weather conditions, wildlife sightings, and our preferences as a group will shape our journey. Each day, we will wake up in a new location, ready to explore the archipelago’s raw nature as it slowly emerges from the Arctic winter. Whether we observe from our vessel, get low on the water with the zodiacs, or explore the shoreline on foot, the opportunities for discovery and photography are endless.

Our experienced expedition team includes a leader, a guide, and an expert photographer. Together, we will ensure you have an unforgettable experience and return home with incredible memories and photographs. Join us on this extraordinary adventure!

Highlights
• The best time to visit the Arctic for landscape photography
• A chance to encounter iconic wildlife, including arctic foxes, Svalbard reindeer, whales, walruses, seals, and polar bears.
• Small, intimate group size of just 12 like-minded explorers
• A minimum of 3 guides for a group of 12 for the best guide-to-guest ratio available
• 2 Zodiacs to use for exploring and close-up photography opportunities
• Friendly, inclusive atmosphere
• A modern, ice-strengthened expedition vessel

Expedition amenities and services
• Expert expedition leader, guide and photographer
• Lectures on Svalbard and photography
• Use of Zodiac (dinghies) for cruising, shore landings and photography opportunities
• Polar bear protection guides for shore landings
• Full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner and alcoholic drinks with evening meal)
• Bedding and towels
• Highly experienced captain and cook
• Rubber boots for shore landings
• Transfers from hotel to vessel for embarkation and vessel to airport/hotel after disembarkation

About Lana Tannir
Lana Tannir is a nature photographer, science storyteller, and biologist based in Germany. As a National Geographic Explorer, ILCP member, and Girls Who Click ambassador, she has spent the past decade documenting the relationship between humans and nature in remote Arctic regions and marine environments.

Her work has been featured in magazines such as National Geographic Germany and Serbia, Terra Mater, Oceanographic Magazine, Wildlife Photographic, Sony Alpha Universe, Sidetracked Magazine, and Female Explorer.

In 2021, Lana received an Honorable Mention at the International Photography Awards and was named an Emerging Photographer in Landscape Photography by National Geographic Germany. Since 2023, she has served on the judging panel for Nature TTL’s Photographer of the Year competition. She recently completed her National Geographic Storytelling grant and presented her work at the society’s annual Storyteller’s Summit. In late 2024, she will also make her first appearance on the TEDx stage as a speaker.