INTERVIEW20"When I arrived in Longyearbyen, I discovered a world apart. For the first three years, I felt like I was learning something new every day. As a child, I used to go and feed the birds in the garden in winter. In Svalbard, humans must not attempt to tame the animals. If they can't find enough to live on, then they can't live there. The same goes for us. You have to be prepared for this climate, which discourages many people, and this also helps to preserve the area. During the long months of polar night, everything slows down. But the locals go out anyway, illuminated by the glow of the moon, the stars and the Northern Lights... As a photographer, I appreciate more the soft, changing light of long summer days, when the thick clouds melt into the icy, snowy landscapes, highlighting all the shades of grey, green, white and blue. People often imagine the North Pole is a silent environment, but that's not so. When we stop talking or moving, we can hear the song of Svalbard in the tinkling of the glaciers, as the air bubbles trapped in the ice are released as it melts. As a guide, one of my missions is to encourage travellers to live the moment, by which I mean, before taking out the camera, it would be good to contemplate and take in this intimate communication with nature. These are the moments that are worth their weight in gold." Through the eyes of Julia WellnerIn the intimate immensity of Svalbard German photographer Julia Wellner left Geneva to embrace the unknown of Svalbard. Determined to get to grips with this unique territory on the edge of the North Pole, she trained as a guide and now shares the secrets of a world as wild as it is fascinating with PONANT's guests.
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