2022 Ocean Wildlife Photographer of the Year, FL

Finalist Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Florian Ledoux Svalbard, Norway

78°30'3.1012"N 19°6'31.7851"E

Aerial view of a large male polar bear. "This bear had just left the old, thick, fast ice to explore the thin and freshly frozen sea," says photographer Florian Ledoux. "The newly formed ice creates some unique patterns. Out here, in the extreme cold, the light, the ice and the seascape create a kind of open-air art gallery where every day the art changes. Nature is infinite art."

BEHIND THE LENS

2022 Ocean Wildlife Photographer of the Year, FL

Florian Ledoux France

ABOUT THE IMAGE

Temperature of -32 degrees Celsius
Taken at 10pm
Site accessed by snow mobile
Captured on expedition

Florian is an award-winning wildlife photographer who works in the polar regions. He started his photographic career in the French Navy as a photo reporter. His passion for nature and later the high Arctic led him to pursue personal projects and his dreams of using his love for nature to document the polar regions. By using drones, Florian aspires to bring a new perspective to life in these remote places.