I had a dream; to see and photograph a polar bear in the wild once in my life. So I set out on this adventure with Amazing Views. What I experienced is unsurpassable: accompanying and photographing a polar bear in the Zodic....it was a magical moment that turned into hours!!!! In addition I also had the chance to photograph walruses, sea lions and beautiful landscapes. My big thanks go to Jenny and Daisy for their so benevolent way of accompanying me and to the whole crew of the Virgo. The 10 days went by in a flash and I can only say THANK YOU and my dream came true.

I have already done some excellent trips and workshops with Amazing Views. However, the photo expedition to Spitsbergen went one better. We spent 10 intensive days on board the cosy Origo with full professional support - in terms of photography, cuisine and organisation. Spitsbergen offers countless wonderful motifs for both wildlife and landscape photographers. The north keeps me under its spell!

The trip on the MV Villa to the fjords of Spitsbergen is unforgettable. Daisy and Dave are great guides and they shared their great knowledge and expertise with us. We were very lucky to have a polar bear family (mother and 2 cubs) share their family life with us for a day. I will also remember the encounters with the other animals (walruses, seals, arctic foxes etc.) and the beautiful landscape. Thank you for this wonderful experience!

Daisy Gilardini is a first class photographer and an excellent photography teacher. She was able to explain some photographic principles to me in a way that I could understand and improve my photos. Her husband, David McEown, is a gifted painter. Daisy and David are two of the most talented and creative tour guides I have ever met and I feel very lucky to have travelled with them.

Daisy Gilardini, supported by the excellent team from Nansen Polar Expeditions led by Audun and Martin, delivered a unique and unrivalled photographic experience. The MV Villa is a safe ship in ice-filled waters and provides excellent meals every day. Our expedition had no set itinerary - the expedition leader and Daisy consulted daily on the route to give us the best photo opportunities.

Amazing Views, Nansen Polar Expeditions, Daisy Gilardini and David McEown provided a great experience. Many thanks to the team for giving us such an exceptional experience and providing us with optimal opportunities to photograph the wonderful wildlife from the best possible vantage points. This trip will be remembered for the high standards that were always met.

The Spitsbergen tour with Amazing Views gave us a close-up immersion into the wildlife world that I would not have thought possible. When I signed up for this trip I thought, so few days for so much money. That changed completely. Every single day seemed like a fulfilling eternity. It's hard to believe how every sense of time dissolved. We were in this incredibly special world, in Spitsbergen, for a long, long time.

In April 2022, my husband and I went on a photo expedition around Spitsbergen on the M/S Virgo. An absolutely extraordinary trip with great impressions of a fantastic Arctic and touching wildlife encounters that we will not forget for a long time. A big thank you goes to Jenny and Daisy for their excellent support. They always had an open ear for the participants, questions were always gladly answered and there was never a shortage of fun. The M/S Virgo is an absolutely brilliant ‘starting point’ for photo expeditions, as everything is very well tailored to the needs of photographers. As I took photographs myself and my husband accompanied the trip as a non-photographer, we were initially sceptical about what it would be like for our partner travelling with a group of photographers. He was very well integrated by Jenny, Daisy, the guides and fellow travellers and certainly had just as much fun as I did. We often think back to the trip and always say to ourselves ‘What we were able to experience there’... Thank you again!