Join us on an incredible once in a lifetime adventure this fall to photograph Alaskan Polar Bears up close and personal! We’ll travel to a remote island in the Arctic Ocean to photograph scores of Polar Bears at eye-level from a small boat. Travel with an experienced professional photographer and Inupiaq boat captain who have been living with and photographing Polar Bears for decades.

This trip takes us to an isolated Inupiaq Eskimo Village situated on the shores of the Beaufort Sea in the heart of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Each day we will head out in our privately chartered boat to photograph Polar Bears as they swim, play, wrestle and forage for food along the icy shores. Phenomenal close-up images are possible with focal-lengths of 300mm to 400mm as we will often get as close as 90 feet in our boats.

Fall is the optimal time of year for photographing Polar Bears in the Alaskan Arctic as they are waiting for “freeze-up” when they can begin their migrations across the vastness of the frozen Arctic Ocean. Often we will be able to photograph between 20-30 different bears on this trip.

Each evening we will retire to our rustic village accommodations where you can relax in the warm great-room after an excellent day of Polar Bear Photography. Meals are fantastic and guests can swap stories with other travels to this remote corner of the world. The Northern Lights are usually visible every night that it is clear along the Arctic Coast – if they are out we will photograph the Aurora as well! Life in the Arctic with the Polar Bears is the definition of living on the edge!

Trip Extension: We offer an optional Northern Lights Extension immediately after Polar Bears of the Alaskan Arctic if you are interested in spending additional time photographing the Aurora Borealis. Please click here for details.