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A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to the 2.5M !! of y A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to the 2.5M !! of you that are following my work on Facebook. I could never have imagined this when starting the page a dozen or so years ago - it’s both mind blowing yet incredibly awesome to bring a little slice of nature into so many homes every day. 

So thank you 🙏 ♥️ 

And remember, this page is, and always will be, completely free of AI 🤖 

#gratitude #richardsidey #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature
Arctic Terns, photographed at both ends of the pla Arctic Terns, photographed at both ends of the planet.

📷 @richardsidey 

#arctictern #birds #wildlifephotography #nature #flight
Possibly the largest glacier calving I have seen w Possibly the largest glacier calving I have seen was in Burgerbukta, Svalbard during the summer of 2013. An enormous pillar of ice breaks off from the glacier face both above and below the surface, then rises out of the ocean before collapsing dramatically.

For the first time, I am sharing the raw, unedited video, filmed from a zodiac several hundred metres away. You can see from the video that I am always listening to the ice, camera in hand (with freezing fingers), to predict where a calving event may happen next.

📷 @richardsidey 

#glacier #glaciercalving #ice #nature #svalbard
It just keeps going… This is an unedited video of It just keeps going…

This is an unedited video of a glacier calving I recorded in the arctic archipelago of Svalbard during the summer of 2013, whilst I was working as an expedition videographer.

I have left in all the camera transitions, raw noises and voices to share the true experience of what it was like to see from the zodiac I am sitting in with a group of tourists.

Full video on YouTube - link in bio

📷 ​⁠@richardsidey

#glacier #svalbard #arctic #climatechange #galciercalving
Raw footage from a large glacier calving I filmed Raw footage from a large glacier calving I filmed way back in 2012 whilst floating around Svalbard as an expedition videographer. This particular event had some enormous shooters - large icebergs that break off underwater and erupt from the surface.

This was filmed from a zodiac full of excited moving people, and with a 400mm - tricky shooting! Today’s post production stabilisation tools do wonders.

Full video on my YouTube channel - link in bio

📷 @richardsidey 

#glacier #glaciercalving #climatechange #arctic #nature
A huge polar bear with a freshly caught harp seal A huge polar bear with a freshly caught harp seal in the Canadian Arctic.

📷 @richardsidey with @bergdavid87 
Photo 2 by @touzonphoto 

#polarbear #arctic #prey #wildlife #natureismetal
The White Continent Frames from the frozen South The White Continent 

Frames from the frozen South.

📷 1-11 @richardsidey 
📷 12 @werner_bouwer 

#antarctica #cold #nature #wilderness #wildlife
Frames from the Ross Sea, Antarctica 📷 @richards Frames from the Ross Sea, Antarctica 

📷 @richardsidey with @eyosexpeditions 

#antarctica #penguin #rosssea #wildlife #nature
It's bonkers that a fit-in-your-pocket camera can It's bonkers that a fit-in-your-pocket camera can do 15x. Here's a White-faced heron recorded with this tiny gimbal camera while out for a stroll in Tasman Bay, New Zealand.

Learn more about this fun little camera via my link in bio.

📷 @richardsidey

@insta360 @insta360.anz 

#insta360 #insta360LunaUltra #VloggingCamera #GimbalCamera #nature
The exquisite Arctic Tern. A true master of fligh The exquisite Arctic Tern.

A true master of flight. This footage was filmed in Svalbard

📷 @richardsidey 

#arctictern #birds #svalvard #wildlife #nature
The Kea – New Zealand’s alpine parrot 💚 📷 @richa The Kea - New Zealand’s alpine parrot 💚 

📷 @richardsidey 

#kea #newzealand #birds #wildlife #nature
Spirit Bear frames Photographed by invitation fr Spirit Bear frames 

Photographed by invitation from the Gitga’at First Nation 

📷 @richardsidey 

#spiritbear #bear #greatbearrainforest #wildlife #nature
Majestic encounter with multiple Spirit Bears in t Majestic encounter with multiple Spirit Bears in the Great Bear Rainforest.

Filmed by invitation from the Gitga’at First Nation

📷 @richardsidey 

#spiritbear #greatbearrainforest #wildlife #bear nature
Black bears feast on salmon in Southeast Alaska 🍣 Black bears feast on salmon in Southeast Alaska 🍣 

📷 @richardsidey 

#blackbear #bear #salmon #alaska #wildlife
Locking eyes with an Orca in Antarctica. The momen Locking eyes with an Orca in Antarctica. The moment our team were checked out by a large pod of B1 Killer Whales in the Ross Sea.

📷 @richardsidey 
⚓️ @werner_bouwer 

#killerwhale #orca #antarctica #wildlife #ocean
Feeding time – A humpback whale takes a gigantic m Feeding time - A humpback whale takes a gigantic mouthful of seawater and krill near the coastline of Antarctica.

📷 @richardsidey 

#humpbackwhale #whale #antarctica #wildlife #ocean
Under the pack ice – A pod of B1 Killer Whales on Under the pack ice - A pod of B1 Killer Whales on the move in Antarctica, expert navigators in the ice.

📷 @richardsidey 

#killerwhale #orca #antarctica #ocean #wildlife
When a humpback whale swims up to you and makes so When a humpback whale swims up to you and makes some serious eye contact! An incredible encounter in Antarctica.

A scene from the film, Whales in a Changing Ocean - free to watch, link in bio.

📷 @richardsidey 

#whale #humpbackwhale #eye #antarctica #wildlife
Glacier calving causes a large wave in Antarctica Glacier calving causes a large wave in Antarctica 

📷 @richardsidey 

#glacier #glaciercalving #ice #antarctica #wave
An enormous healthy male polar bear out on the sea An enormous healthy male polar bear out on the sea ice 🥹 

📷 @richardsidey 

#polarbear #wildlife #arctic #bear #nature
♥️ elephant seals 📷 @richardsidey & @alisciayoun ♥️ elephant seals 

📷 @richardsidey & @alisciayoung 

#elephantseal #antarctica #wildlife #funnyanimals #nature
Colour video of black and white Chinstrap penguins Colour video of black and white Chinstrap penguins in a monochromatic volcanic landscape in Antarctica.

📷 @richardsidey 
(A scene from Speechless: The Polar Realm)

#chinstrappenguin #penguin #antarctica #deceptionisland #wildlife
It’s feeding time for this large pod of Humpback w It’s feeding time for this large pod of Humpback whales in Antarctica

📷 @richardsidey

#antarctica #humpbackwhale #wildlife #bubblenet #nature
Summer meltwater cascades off a glacier into the o Summer meltwater cascades off a glacier into the ocean in Svalbard.

📷 @richardsidey 

#glacier #waterfall #melting #climatechange #arctic
At the time of filming, this was the world’s large At the time of filming, this was the world’s largest iceberg. A23a was enormous - 70km long and 50km wide, an area of 3500 square km and up to 400m thick in places.

📷 @richardsidey & @ianjstrachan 

#antarctica #iceberg #climatechange #a23a #océan
Humpback Whale takes a deep dive in Antarctica 📷 Humpback Whale takes a deep dive in Antarctica 

📷 @richardsidey with @eyosexpeditions 

#humpbackwhale #whale #antarctica #wildlifephotography #nature
Honoured to be named a finalist in @nzgeo Photogra Honoured to be named a finalist in @nzgeo Photographer of the Year, with this aerial abstract of rock and ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound.

In photography I love when you can't initially tell if an image is either a macro or a wide shot - in this case it is a vast landscape, the photo taken from high above with a drone. Scale is so easily lost in the enormity of Antarctica! For those wondering - this is also a colour image.

The finalists’ images from this years competition are absolutely brilliant and now on display. Head over to the New Zealand Geographic website to view and vote for your favourites - link in bio.

📷 @richardsidey 

#antarctica #nzgeo #ice #topdowndroneshots #poty2026
Enormous Glacier calving in the high Arctic. The p Enormous Glacier calving in the high Arctic. The pillar of ice that rises out of the ocean is ginormous. Filmed in Svalbard.

📷 @richardsidey 

#glacier #glaciercalving #climatechange #ice #nature
Huge iceberg calving off the coast off Ilulissat, Huge iceberg calving off the coast off Ilulissat, Greenland, filmed from the side of the road at 3am. 

📷 @richardsidey 

#iceberg #collapse #climatechange #ice #greenland
Tidewater Glaciers calving into the sea – filmed i Tidewater Glaciers calving into the sea - filmed in Alaska and Svalbard.

📷 @richardsidey 

#glacier #glaciercalving #ice #climatechange #nature
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