Aurora Borealis & the Ravishing Light at Bardu Husky Lodge

Norway, February 2020

Winter beyond the arctic circle - an experience and feeling which was almost forgotten in my life. Cold, darkness and snow. Thawing your frozen fingers and wet shoes at the wooden stove constantly. Restricted range. Childhood memories. Silence.

It was a mild winter in Norway but the forces of nature had still been very present during our time at a beautifully remote husky lodge in the area of Bardu. The legendary polar night was still perceptible while the sun didn’t make it far beyond the horizon. This gave us incredible soft and sensitive lightning and beautiful colored skies inbetween very rare cloudless moments of these very short days. The bright full moon continued to illuminate the snowy mountains during night in a picturesque way but only the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights made us forget the cold wind and icy conditions around - at least for a short moment.

The Polar Night is a magical phenomenon and as much as I am afraid of an almost endless night I still can feel the soak of fascination that caught me - as a photographer and as a human being. Winter in Leipzig was always the heaviest and most depressing time of the year but there is a magical secret world waiting to be discovered and an escape ahead might be a great chance to grow into something new.