In a fjord near Kirkenes

In February 2017 my daughters and I took a cruise with Hurtigruten around the North Cape of Norway.

As we sailed down the fjord from the Arctic Circle port of Kirkenes the February sun began to set around 4.30pm. 

The snow clouds were building above the Russian border a few kilometres away and it was minus 5C outside. Floating just below the water ice sheets took in the last of the sun and gave off a mist that created a surreal spectacle, ever changing and needing to be captured then and there. Four minutes later this panoramic shot was not possible. 

It had an eerie feel then and still has when I look at it now. A few hours later we gloried in a spectacular display from the Northern Lights.

This is three photographs stiched together after minimal post production taken with an f4 400mm lense at 1/13th of a second.