Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun is running at the Royal Geographical Society from Tuesday 6 October to Friday 30 October, a collection of recent work by polar and wildlife photographers Sue Flood and Ian Dawson. The title comes from the polar phenomenon beyond the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, where the summer sun doesn't set but circles the sky instead. The exhibition sits alongside a 208-page book of the same name, published by ACC Art Books, which pulls together decades of their scientific, artistic and documentary work across the polar regions. The book includes a foreword by Jonathan, a cousin of Ernest Shackleton.

Flood and Dawson both come from high-profile backgrounds in photography. Flood worked on the BBC's Blue Planet and was awarded an OBE for services to photography. Dawson was a picture editor for The Sunday Times and Vogue, and received Diamond and Platinum Jubilee medals from Queen Elizabeth II. In 2023, they founded Midnight Sun Voyages, an invitation-only company that takes people on photographic journeys to some of the planet's most remote regions. Their work is guided by Sir David Attenborough's belief that we protect only what we love.

The exhibition runs at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR. It's open 10.00am to 5.00pm on weekdays only, Monday to Friday, from 6 October through to 30 October. Entry is free.