I took a trip recently to the northernmost points of Finland and Norway. Turns out its pretty cold up there, it dropped to -18c at one point to be exact, but I kind of expected that so was well prepared 
It was a predominately nature orientated holiday so we got to see some interesting sights whilst there. As well as the wildlife there was some pretty interesting weather coupled with the bonus of seeing the northern lights.
It really was a beautiful place with some fairly changable weather as seen in these photos. While staying in and travelling around Vardo, on the tip of Norway, the wind blew the snow accross at crazy speeds making it difficult to see anything at all, I’m just glad I wasnt driving.
We also took a trip out into decidedly choppy seas on a less than sturdy boat to a seabird colony. The sea wasnt calm enough to go onto the island itself so we had plenty of time to sway around and try to take pictures without dropping the camera overboard!
The boat can be seen below, along with a couple of the shots whilst aboard. Theres also a picture of the air around the island, showing just how many birds there were filling the sky above us. We also saw two white-tailed eagles soaring above us too, but he was a little smaller in the frame, more of a record shot wih that one.
We saw more birds at a roadside feeding station. In northern scandinavia it was always difficult to find wildlife but once you did they always seemed very confiding with humans, presumably due to the fact that they see very few people when compared to somewhere like the U.K. These a few from that feeding station.
The northern lights’ unexpected appearance was very welcome, the trip organisers had said seeing them was ‘possible’ so I didnt hold out much hope. However on our last night there they appeared. I luckily had my camera but the tripod was still in the hotel. My gloves came off and made a useful stand on the snow. I used the 30 second exposure times to rub my hands together and try to stay warm!
