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The Cold Expedition Kit: Shooting in a Hostile Environment
Craft Notes Greg Purnell Craft Notes Greg Purnell

The Cold Expedition Kit: Shooting in a Hostile Environment

The kit that fails you in Antarctica will fail you in Svalbard. This is a first-person account of what I brought to the Antarctic Peninsula with Aurora Expeditions — what earned its place, what didn't, and the discipline required to keep everything working in cold, wet, hostile conditions. Canon R5s, RF glass, battery management in the cold, and a cleaning ritual I treated as seriously as any shoot.

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