Atlantic Puffin at Varanger

Perched along the wind-scoured cliffs of the Varanger Peninsula, Atlantic Puffins find a foothold amid Finnmark's stark, treeless tundra at the far northeastern edge of Norway, where the land opens out onto the Barents Sea above the Arctic Circle. April visits offer photographers a chance to work these dramatic coastal fjords & cliff faces, framing the puffins against the raw, open scenery typical of this remote Arctic landscape. Those joining the Winter Wildlife of Arctic Varanger holiday will find the peninsula's exposed cliffs & fjord edges a fitting stage for capturing this species against such an elemental backdrop. It's a location where the sheer scale of the tundra & sea makes for striking, uncluttered compositions.