Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
In the high Arctic pack ice, we came across a pod of Beluga whales swimming along the ice edge. We’d spent days making our way out to the marginal ice zone in the direction of Greenland and this sighting completely caught us off guard.
Soon after spotting the Beluga, a Polar Bear came into view from the distance and tried twice to hunt one of the Beluga as they surfaced for air.
As a crew member on board, I was exceedingly careful when capturing this moment from an aerial perspective. This is the first time I have flown a drone to document wildlife in the Arctic, and I was extremely conscious of maintaining a large distance to avoid any disturbance to the Bear and Beluga’s behaviours. Thanks to the newest innovation in drones, I was able to use the 168mm telephoto lens on the Mavic 4 Pro to capture these scenes from afar. At all times I closely monitored the behaviour of the bear to ensure I did not impact its behaviour. I only used a single battery to capture this sequence to minimise my time in the air.
These scenes were captured with @NaturalWorldSafaris in the international marginal ice zone, sitting just south of the North Pole more than 12 nautical miles from the northern tip of Svalbard.
In the high Arctic pack ice, we came across a pod of Beluga whales swimming along the ice edge. We’d spent days making our way out to the marginal ice zone in the direction of Greenland and this sighting completely caught us off guard.
Soon after spotting the Beluga, a Polar Bear came into view from the distance and tried twice to hunt one of the Beluga as they surfaced for air.
As a crew member on board, I was exceedingly careful when capturing this moment from an aerial perspective. This is the first time I have flown a drone to document wildlife in the Arctic, and I was extremely conscious of maintaining a large distance to avoid any disturbance to the Bear and Beluga’s behaviours. Thanks to the newest innovation in drones, I was able to use the 168mm telephoto lens on the Mavic 4 Pro to capture these scenes from afar. At all times I closely monitored the behaviour of the bear to ensure I did not impact its behaviour. I only used a single battery to capture this sequence to minimise my time in the air.
These scenes were captured with @NaturalWorldSafaris in the international marginal ice zone, sitting just south of the North Pole more than 12 nautical miles from the northern tip of Svalbard.
