{"id":18966,"date":"2026-01-18T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=18966"},"modified":"2026-01-19T18:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:38:37","slug":"arctic-master-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18966","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Master Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PolarBear-20240627-NZ9_9322-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PolarBear-20240627-NZ9_9322-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of a Polar bear searching for seals while an Northern fulmar flies overhead\" class=\"wp-image-19067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PolarBear-20240627-NZ9_9322-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PolarBear-20240627-NZ9_9322-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PolarBear-20240627-NZ9_9322-DxO_DeepPRIME-XD2s-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Polar bear searching for seals while an Northern fulmar flies overhead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have finally made it to the end of my Arctic travelogue documenting my photography trip in June 2024 to Svalbard. 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href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birds of my Longyearbyen Photowalk<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exploring Isfjorden<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More Longyearbyen Wildlife &#8211; Part 1 &#8211; Seed Vault and Walrus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More Longyearbyen Wildlife &#8211; Part 2 &#8211; Bird Ponds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Red Phalarope\/Grey Phalarope<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Svalbard Museum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More Longyearbyen Wildlife &#8211; Part 3 &#8211; Dog Yards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Back to the Longyearbyen Dog Yards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On Board Polar Front<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heading North<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spitsbergen<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Still<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19073\"> Water<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arctic Pack Ice<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunting Polar Bears in a Low Contrast Landscape<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polar Bear<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ivory Gull<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polar Bear Hunt Continues<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moving Through a Mirror World<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arctic Drama<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polar Front Bridge<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arctic Landscapes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brunnich&#8217;s Guillemot<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Little Auk<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smeerenburg Landing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Smeerenburg Birds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walrus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Final Bonus Polar Bear<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Svalbard Landing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/19303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arctic Fox<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a 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