I joined David Hemmings for a workshop in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut 6/29-7/10/2011. It is located at latitude 69 degrees my second trip to the high artic. Barrow is at latitude 71. There was a lot of snow and ice initially which really helped bring the king eiders in closer. David's close friend Jim Richards helped find so many nesting birds. So often we would find a nest with eggs but days later it had been totally abandoned. My main goal was to photograph snowy owl chicks but unfortunately the roads to Mt Pelly were washed out. Part of our group did get fantastic images of yellow-billed loons but no matter how many ponds we searched in succeeding days we never came upon them. May head back in 2012 if the roads are good and chicks are born. Overall it was a great trip thanks to David's hard efforts.

I used a Canon 1DM4 mostly with a 1DM3 backup. All images are posted here at 1000 pixels. If one wants to purchase prints larger than 5x7, please contact me so I can upload a full sized jpeg to Smumug