Purple Sandpiper at Varanger

Out at the far northeastern edge of Norway, the Varanger Peninsula's wind-scoured coastal cliffs & open fjords offer a stark, treeless backdrop for photographing Purple Sandpiper. Reaching into the Barents Sea well above the Arctic Circle, this rugged Finnmark tundra provides the kind of dramatic, minimalist setting that suits low-angle images of waders working the shoreline. April is the month to plan around, when travellers on the Winter Wildlife of Arctic Varanger holiday can make the most of the peninsula's exposed coastal terrain. Dress for the wind, brace the tripod, & let that vast horizon do the work in your compositions.