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About my crazy photo-adventures in Ellesmere Island last April, on the quest for the elusive Arctic wolf. An expedition ...
26/06/2026

About my crazy photo-adventures in Ellesmere Island last April, on the quest for the elusive Arctic wolf.

An expedition of taking several flights up to the high Canadian Arctic.

Spending exciting times with locals that know this place by heart and are so one with their nature.

Driving snow mobiles four long exhausting and freezing days over a distance of more than 500 km with sledges and sleeping pods.

Looking eye to eye with one of the hardest to see animals of the planet. Seeing their endless curiosity and fearlessly sniffing lenses.

Enduring long days and working in a wonderful team of dedicated people.

Witnessing how Arctic wolves work in a strong pack and catching a Ringed seal.

Making stupid short mistakes that almost made me lose three fingers to the bitter cold.

Almost forgetting how a shower feels like. I know…
But being so impressed and nearly impossible to share how this all felt.

What a dream come true. Thank you to all who made this possible ✨

Join me on my Bulgaria Autumn landscape photography tour with STARLING Reizen! We explore the pristine Rhodope mountains...
06/06/2026

Join me on my Bulgaria Autumn landscape photography tour with STARLING Reizen! We explore the pristine Rhodope mountains and will photograph vast wild forests, scenic mountain views, natural meandering rivers, abandoned ghost towns, huge karst caves,…

-we photograph authentic places that are still very unknown, no Instagram spots or beaten tracks
-very unique offer in this place of the world, with a big variety of subjects
-me and my Bulgarian friend and great photographer Emil will be guiding, so two guides!
-great situations to fly your drone everywhere
-focus is on photography, and we won’t miss a single sunrise and sunset, but take it relax in general and enjoy Bulgarian hospitality to the fullest!

Check out my website for this Bulgaria Autumn tour from 24 till 31 October 2026 on www.yvesadams.com

04/06/2026

Tender scene in the harsh high Arctic of Ellesmere Island. Even an alfa Arctic wolf gets sleepy at some point and needs a power nap.

I filmed this scene on the ice of a frozen fjord, where the Arctic wolf’s pack had killed a Ringed seal with her pup. It was an incredible spectacle to observe, and not sure what to do with all that bloody and cruel footage.

For now, I want to introduce you the cuteness and softer side of an Arctic wolf, in its true environment, overlooking its pack.

It was a crazy adventure exploring Ellesmere Island, to get to meet Arctic wolves and spend so much time with them. To feel some real cold. And to become friends with incredible tough and warm people that call this barren and remote but wonderful place their home, thank you for this experience and opportunity, Terry, Silas, Nolan and Aberham. You guys are the best and bravest!

Till next year!

Join me on an ultimate adventure to a paradise called Galàpagos! This double mini-cruise is fully tailored for photograp...
27/02/2026

Join me on an ultimate adventure to a paradise called Galàpagos! This double mini-cruise is fully tailored for photographers. All about shooting during the best light conditions. With long sunrise and sunset landings. Extensive dingy trips. Snorkeling during the warmest hours.

Mark the date: December 2027!

We travel in a small group of 14 guests on the comfortable and legendary MS Samba . It’s fantastic crew will treat us with the best care and make this your trip of a lifetime.

With photo opportunities around every rock and my experienced photo-guiding after several Galàpagos expeditions on the MS Samba, means you are in for a real treat. Animals are not shy and many of them are endemic to the islands. It’s a heaven on earth for us photographers, located on the Equator, fed with nutrient-rich waters coming from Antarctica with the Humboldt current. Come and find out why Darwin, pirates and many explorers were drawn to the Galàpagos islands.

This is truly one of my favorite destinations, and I can only say you need to experience this with your own eyes. And camera!
Have a look on my website for more information, or join my free WhatsApp community!

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Masters in camouflage, this Eastern Screech Owl is hiding like a pro and sleeping away the daytime.I was hoping for a lo...
07/02/2026

Masters in camouflage, this Eastern Screech Owl is hiding like a pro and sleeping away the daytime.

I was hoping for a long time to see these owl species and knowing they are so hard to spot, I was so excited to see this little guy hiding in an old tree hole once made by a Pileated woodpecker.

So confident in its camouflage plumage the owl didn’t move at all while I slowly approached it and photographing it at a close distance. When chickadees arrived and got curious about what I was doing, they suddenly also discovered the screech owl, and started alarming. But their curiosity was bigger than their fears, and they followed me while I was retreating slowly, leaving the owl in peace.

So in awe how these birds are so hard to spot, or, maybe, how bad I am at just finding them 🤷‍♂️

Spot the male Goldeneye! Last month when a cold wave hit Hungary, Lake Balaton froze almost completely. Something that h...
05/02/2026

Spot the male Goldeneye!

Last month when a cold wave hit Hungary, Lake Balaton froze almost completely. Something that hadn’t happen since 9 years.

Suddenly a lot of wintering ducks got locked in small parts of open water in the harbours, where a ferry still had been crossing over until it couldn’t.

Hundreds of Goldeneyes, and Scaups, Goosanders, Tufted ducks, Pochards, Smews, grebes and swans got stuck and tried to forage concentrated in these last refuges.

When my friend told me about this spectacle I had to come and see it!
It was amazing to see so many Goldeneyes so close and try to focus on single adult males in the groups.

Even more amazing to see was an Otter diving up the dead Goldeneyes that didn’t make it.

In my first sentence I should have said spot the adult male Goldeneye actually, since young males still have plumage quite similar to females.

And thanks again Jure! Great times again together!

A Polar bear mother and her 4 months old cubs venture on the frozen fjords in the North of Svalbard in April. In this ma...
03/02/2026

A Polar bear mother and her 4 months old cubs venture on the frozen fjords in the North of Svalbard in April. In this maze of piled up ice, Ringed seals are having their pups, often in the safety under snow and icesheets.

During our early spring expedition, when sea and fjord ice is at its maximum extend, we sailed near the ice edge and anchored the ship next to the ice. And we observe. And wait. And enjoy this vast wild place, in the freezing cold.

You can imagine how excited I got when I saw something moving in the far distance, at the other end of the fjord, miles away. A Polar bear! The bear was wandering around and often disappeared between the piled up icebergs.
Only after some time we noticed more movement near the bear. A cub! And then another one! We couldn’t believe our eyes!

We observed them for the rest of the night from a big distance until they walked passed us in the morning, forever searching for seals.

I am not sure if it’s the same family I got to see later in the spring again on a closeby location, but at least they all looked healthy and seemed mom did a great job raising her hungry cubs.

 

Chinstrap penguins on an evening greeting ritual.Penguins maintain their strong pair-bonds and social structures through...
01/02/2026

Chinstrap penguins on an evening greeting ritual.

Penguins maintain their strong pair-bonds and social structures through complex, individualized calls enabling them to identify mates and chicks within crowded, noisy colonies. Hence the wonderful experience of photographing in a busy colony.

When I was guiding for on an Antarctica expedition, we planned to land on Useful Island, a small island in the Gerlache strait. The late evening sky was getting very colorful, and being on a small isolated island, made it easier to include the dramatic rapid changing sunset.

I noticed a group of Chinstrap penguins getting excited and greeting each other for a while. Their positioning in the colony was perfect, and I was able to photograph them from below, balancing on some icy rocks.

And why Useful Island you might wonder? Just because the whole situation of location of the island is...useful. It has a nice sheltered landing spot, which made it easy to land and construct a research base during early expeditions. And due to the presence of Chinstrap and Gentoo penquin colonies, it was a perfect place to monitor them and follow their breeding habits and behavior.

Great memories of a great trip with .no

When the sun and moon work together and pull with their gravitational forces combined on the Earth’s oceans, so called K...
31/01/2026

When the sun and moon work together and pull with their gravitational forces combined on the Earth’s oceans, so called King tides or spring tides appear.

It’s a fantastic time for waders since with the extra low tide, a lot of extra feeding grounds are exposed. But on the other hand, the extra high tide makes their usual resting grounds also disappear under water.

Generally once a month this forces a huge number of Red knots (the grey birds on the photos, since these were taken in winter, when they are grey instead of their red summer plumage), Oystercatchers (the black and white ones with the orange beak), and many other birds, to search for higher grounds to rest during this high spring tide.

It’s at this very moment I took these photos, watching nature’s show and observe tens of thousands birds to seek a bit of shelter and wait for the tide to turn back.

You can feel the chaos, the surprise of the high water, and how lost the Oystercatchers feel with the big number of knots surrounding them. They try to rest, but with so many eyes watching, there is always a danger to spot somewhere. And of course Merlins, Peregrine falcons and even Marsh harriers are always around. The seem to love to disturb this mass and check for slow or weak birds.

This amazing show only last just a few hours, and the birds disappear again as quickly as the arrived, and get back to their routine on the tidal mudflats, looking for their food.

As some scenes were a bit far, and I try to avoid cropping my photos, I knew I could rely on my Nikon Z 2x converter, even combined with the built in 1,4x converter of my 600mm to get sharp photos, even though the light of this foggy morning wasn’t the most exciting. Fortunately the crazy amount of glass in front of my Nikon Z9 camera, succeeded and saved the morning.

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