Wild Arctic Fox Walks Up to Landscape Photographer to Check Out Camera

Swiss landscape photographer Stefan Forster was shooting in Greenland in September 2018 when he spotted a wild white Arctic Fox. After hiding and crawling for about 3,300 feet (~1,000m), Forster had a magical encounter with the beautiful fox that he captured in this 50-second video.

It seems the fox was curious about Forster’s camera equipment and decided to approach to give the Nikon gear a closer look (and sniff and nibble).

Here are a few other shots Forster captured as the meeting unfolded:

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First Contact with the wild Arctic Fox at Gerrnland 2 days ago. #polarfox #arcticfox #bestmoment #nature #nikond850 #wildlife #wildlifephotography #animal #fox #greenland #arctic #stefanforsterphotography #fineartphotography

A post shared by Stefan Forster (@stefan_forster_photography) on Sep 8, 2018 at 6:38am PDT

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Best moment of the year! 10 minutes ago I found a wild white Arctic Fox in Greenland. 20 minutes later and 1000 meters of hiding and crawling this happened. #polarfox #arcticfox #greenland #naturephotography #stefanforsterphotography #bestmoment #bestjobever #arctic

A post shared by Stefan Forster (@stefan_forster_photography) on Sep 6, 2018 at 3:19am PDT

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The closest photograph I took from „Snowflake“ last week in Greenland. Check my feed for the whole story. #snowflake #arctic #arcticfox #greenland #stefanforsterphotography #nikon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #savethearctic #nikonjapan #nikonswitzerland #polar

A post shared by Stefan Forster (@stefan_forster_photography) on Sep 16, 2018 at 1:43am PDT

Forster is the owner and expedition leader of the photo school photocube.ch, which offers photography workshops all over the world. You can also find more of his work on his website and Instagram.

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Image credits: Header video by Stefan Forster and via Storyful