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The Kiruna Town Hall, where the Arctic Council met May 15, 2013
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
Arctic Council Ministerial in Kiruna: The Swedish Chair, Carl Bildt, hands over to the new Canadian Chair, Leona Aglukkaq
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
Arctic Council Ministerial in Kiruna, Sweden
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
The 8 Foreign Ministers at their Arctic Council Meeting in Kiruna, Sweden
From left to right: Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Federation, Villi Søvndal, Denmark, John F. Kerry, USA, Leona Aglukkaq, Canada, Carl Bildt (giving directions), Sweden, Erkki Tuomioja, Finland, Espen Barth Eide, Norway, and Hermann Örn Ingólfsson, Iceland. During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting ...
By Peter Prokosch
Greenpeace demonstrated when the Arctic Council met in Kiruna, Sweden
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
The 8 Foreign Ministers at their Arctic Council Meeting in Kiruna, Sweden
From left to right: Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Federation, Villi Søvndal, Denmark, John F. Kerry, USA, Leona Aglukkaq, Canada, Carl Bildt, Sweden, Erkki Tuomioja, Finland, Espen Barth Eide, Norway, and Hermann Örn Ingólfsson, Iceland. During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Minis ...
By Peter Prokosch
Tundra/Taiga Landscape surrounding Kiruna, Sweden, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
Tundra/Taiga Landscape surrounding Kiruna, Sweden, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
Wind-Power Park near Kiruna, Sweden, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340
Climate Change was a key topic at the Arctic Council Ministerial. All 8 Arctic countries' Ministers demonstrated commitment, including a strong statement from US Foreign Minister John F. Kerry, to reduce climate gas emissions, including Short-lived Climate Pollutants. During the Kiruna Minis ...
By Peter Prokosch
Kiruna, Sweden, on the horizon, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
Tundra/Taiga Landscape surrounding Kiruna, Sweden, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
Kiruna, Sweden, on the horizon, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
Kiruna, Sweden, on the horizon, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340
During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. In addition, several scientific assess ...
By Peter Prokosch
Red Knot Habitat, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 2019
Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) of the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik). The Taimyr peninsular is covered by ...
By Peter Prokosch
Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) with young, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990
The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the largest non-stop leaps known from any species along all the main continental co ...
By Peter Prokosch
One-day old Red Knots (Calidris canutus canutus), Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990
The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the largest non-stop leaps known from any species along all the main continental co ...
By Peter Prokosch
Coast at Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990
Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) of the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik). The Taimyr peninsular is covered by ...
By Peter Prokosch
Coast at Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990
Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) of the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik). The Taimyr peninsular is covered by ...
By Peter Prokosch
Frost Patterns, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990
Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsular in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) of the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik). The Taimyr peninsular is covered by ...
By Peter Prokosch
Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), Sterlegova, 75.26N89.09E, Coast of Taimyr, Russia, July 1990
The long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) is the smallest and most slender of the skuas. The long-tailed skua has a circumpolar distribution in Arctic regions. Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taimyr peninsul ...
By Peter Prokosch
Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taimyr, Russia, July 1990
The development of labor camps during the Stalin period forced many hundred thousand people to "settle" in the Russian Arctic. Some of the bigger settlements, such as Norilsk, have their roots in this period. - The Rybak Lag is one of smaller camps, which were operationg in the northeastern part ...
By Peter Prokosch
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