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I have just spent 9 days on Svalbard to photograph the wildlife and tomorrow I will leave this great location and return home. This was my first time on Svalbard and even though the weather hasn’t been that amazing and I didn’t find the arctic foxes I have enjoyed my stay and I am sure I will come here a lot in the near future. This portfolio highlights the wildlife I photographed on this trip.         
They have to be locked there for a few days to be sure they can find their way back to the food we provide. They are not yet able to find their food in the wild, so the reintroduction will take a while. I am looking forward to follow them. View full post » show 3 comments
On June 12th two of my friends phoned me to tell that they had seen an injured badger cub at a den nearby. Later that evening we went to the badger den and found the cup curled up in the grass. Without difficulty we could throw the blanket that we had brought with us over the cub and lift it from the ground. The cub had severe bites and blood around its ears. It seemed week, although it struggled to escape the blanket and we decided to send it to one of the Danish Animal Aid stations/centers. View full post » no comments
A few days ago I went to a location not far from my home to look for the young foxes – maybe I would be lucky. I went there about 8 pm and stayed until 11 pm. In that short time I got photos of the fox and the badgar – even a photo with both of them! The next morning I went there again very early – about 4.30. I got a few photos of the fox but the best experience that morning was the doe that came so close to me. About 9 am I went to my friend an we had a great breakfast in his garden – what a wonderful evening and what a fantastic morning:)
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Tuesday evening around seven o’clock, I went to a badger’s grave with my friend Sussie. I had the camera gear with me just in case that I would be lucky to get a glimpse of the beautiful badgers. Nothing happened, and it was a challenge to sit quietly and wait, but the reward came right around 22.30 when a youth badger stuck his head up. The waiting time was definitely worth it because now it happened. One after another the mammals came from their grave and started to play and to sniff around and over the next hour, I had one of the most wonderful nature experiences. They tumbled around and sometimes there was a little sounds. There was virtually no light so I decided to turn off the camera and just enjoy this wonderful night with these interesting animals that you normally only see in glimpse on the way home in the car in the late evening.
      
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My friend Sussie Pagh called me to tell she had found a location with fox puppies quite close to where I live so it was absolutely fantastic news – really the kind of news, I never get tired of. Sussie and I agreed to meet on location at 19, so after dinner, I packed the car and drove to Højbjerg. I brought a tent and sleeping bag, because I had decided to sleep there to get the morning as well. no comments I have just finished the video from our five days dog sledge trip in Greenland. We have been so incredible lucky with the weather and we made a bunch of great photos. Thanks a lot to the participant and the guides for a great experience.
show 3 comments  Tomorrow I will leave Scoresbysund to lead a photo travel with 10 amateur photographers through the wonderful nature in Northeast Greenland. I am looking so much forward to get started because this will be a unique and very exciting photo journey, which will undoubtedly be a great experience and a perfect opportunity to get fantastic images. During five days we will drive by dog sledge through the East Greenland’s most beautiful nature while the magnificent landscapes with glaciers, high mountains and beautiful icebergs offers an endless range of subjects. The nature and the wildlife in the high Arctic is a chapter in itself and there is light most of the day so we have plenty of time to make some stunning photos. This is really the perfect opportunity for a fantastic photo journey in one of my favorite countries and I now I can expect some great experiences. I will post photos when I return. show 1 comment
About a week ago I spent 3 days in Kap Tobin in Northeast Greenland. The second night when I returned to my tent about midnight I saw this arctic hare about 100 meters away. I had been in the area all day and I have not seen any animals so I was very surprised when the hare was suddenly there. First it was very shy but after half an hour it got used to me and I could get quite close. It had beed a wonderful day with sky clear, no wind and very hard light, but during the late evening the weather changed. Now at midnight the sun had set and the light was very faint and the air was full of wind and snow. It was a nice experience to observe the mammals and I am very pleased with this blue series of the Arctic Hare.         show 3 comments Outside my window the snowstorm is howling and the snow is drawing white horizontal lines in the landscape. Here in my little hut it is warm and nice and I can sit in front of my computer without the feeling of time waste – a good opportunity to update the blog with a few photos from last week. My friend Martin and I went on a sledge trip to look for the ptarmigans and the arctic foxes and we were lucky to find the birds. It is amazing how the ptarmigans are build for this extreme winter with very low temperatures. They look very isolated with their thick layer of white feathers – even their feet are covered.           show 3 comments
show 2 comments Yesterday I was interviewed by the Greenland public media about my project and you can read the interview here in Danish: Interview. no comments   I am just returned to Denmark after a great evening in Olso at the Nordic Nature Photo Contest event where I got two awards (Mammals and Tour image). Great to meet so many skilled photographers – thanks to the NNCP-team for a very good event. My photo of a polar fox on an ice berg is taken in Northeast Greenland during the winter 2009. The photo from the tour category is taken in Scoresbysund in Northeast Greenland where the two skiers retur from at trip to the ice. Congratulation to the two other Danish Nature photographers Carsten Egevang and Helge Sørensen who was also nominated in this competition. Link to the Fox at NNPC homepage – Link to the tourimage at NNPC homepage no comments
The polar bear’s existence is threatened and in 2006 it got the dubious honor of a place on IUCN’s Red List of endangered species. In spite of the fact that the polar bear is threatened, about 135 hunting licences are given to local hunters in Greenland every year. In April this year I am going to Scoresbysund on the northeast coast of Greenland to start my project Protect a Polar Bear. the idea is to offer the hunters an alternative to the bear hunt. They will get the opportunity to sell their licence to international companies, privates and organisations who whish to protect a Polar Bear. This project aims to protect the polar bears but furthermore it will be an excellent way to show the Greenland culture as one that adapts to a modern world with an increased focus on our fragile natural resources and where nature conservation and sustainability is gaining priority. no comments 
The 22. Of February I went to Kangerlussuaq in Greenland to be a photo guide for two weeks. The first group has just left after a wonderful week with nice weather, dog sledding, musk ox safari, northern light and camping on the Inland Ice – it will not be any better than that. The next group will arrive tomorrow morning, and I am looking forward to another great week here in this fantastic country. I will show a few photos from this first week and then I will tell you about our experience on the Inland Ice in –30 degree Celsius. When I return to home I will show more photos and tell a little more about the great experiences we have had up here in Greenland. no comments |
After the reintroduction of the badger some weeks ago I was contacted by the same organisation about a reintroduction of three fox puppies. My friend Jens Holm and I picked them up on a animal management station not far from home and drove them to a forest which is a part of Jens’ farm. We sat up the system that should replace the foxes’ natural home and released the foxes from the transport case.
Some days ago I was contacted by my friend and colleague Sussie which is a biologist in Denmark. She asked if I knew a good place for a young badgar and I was lucky that I did. Sussi tells the short story about what happened before reintroduction of the badgar:
Wednesday evening I was telling about my polar bear projekt in a live Danish TV Show. I am so happy for this opportunity to spread this message to the public and I am so pleased to receive so many positive mails and comments from people in Greenland, Denmark and other countries who wish to support the project. This evening I am leaving Denmark to spend 6 weeks in Scoresbysund in Northeast Greenland and I will update my blog photos from the wonderful arctic nature and information and news about the project. You can see the program here. set the timeline to about 27 minutes. 
Onsdag Aften var jeg en tur i DR Aftenshowet, hvor jeg fortalte om mit isbjørneprojekt. Jeg er enorm glad for, at jeg har fået muligheden for at fortælle om denne sag og ikke mindst for de utrolig mange mails og beskeder, jeg har modtaget fra både Grønland, Danmark og andre lande fra folk, som bakker projektet op. I aften tager jeg til Scoresbysund for at tilbringe seks uger deroppe, og jeg vil opdatere bloggen med billeder fra den skønne arkiske natur og med nyheder fra projektet. Her kan du se udsendelsen fra aftenshowet. For at springe de andre indslag over, kan du sætte tidslinien til cirka 27 minutter. 
Protect a Polar Bear
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