permitted. you get massive storms, fog cover – and then suddenly it’s clear again. but at that time of year the sun never really sets, so you can go flying at three or four in the morning and the light is perfect.
imagine sitting in a helicopter without any doors, strapped into a harness and leaning out over the arctic ice cap. it’s not particularly comfortable. the helicopter also costs around £2,000 an hour to fly, so i ended up shooting mostly from a twin-engine plane, which only had a tiny hole in the window. that meant the pilot needed to tilt the plane at an almost 60-degree angle for me 