Arctic Surf

"Arctic Surf" depicts a surf trip to Norway and Russia that took an intrepid group of surfers less than 2000km from the North Pole. They survived the frigid waters with the help of heating wetsuits. Five world-class surfers. Thirty-two days. One destination: the Arctic Circle. How far would you go to find a wave no one has ever ridden?

Arctic Surf was shot over 44 days in the Arctic Circle this past spring during a photo assignment for Outside Magazine in partnership with Eddie Bauer and it’s new line of mountaineering gear called “First Ascent”. We went from Northern Norway to Russia in search of some of the world’s more isolated and uncrowded surf spots and we did a lot of driving, flying, hiking and trekking to get to some pretty hard to reach places. The 5DMKII was a perfect fit for the project as it allowed me to shoot both stills and video with an efficient and portable camera. The “Arctic Surf” short is basically a trailer for an upcoming project called “Arctica” that will be shot over the next 2 years all over the Arctic.

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