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Greenland Ice Sheet, Floating at the Edge, West-Greenland
The Greenland ice sheet, the second largest ice mass in the world, consisting of layers of compressed snow from more than 100,000 years, contains in its ice today's most valuable record of past climates. The Greenland Ice Sheet has experienced record melting in recent years and is likely to cont ...
By Peter Prokosch
Nest Red Knot (Calidris canutus iskandica), Thule, Greenland
The Red Knot is breeding with 6 subspecies in the circumpolar high Arctic tundra. Calidris canutus islandica is breeding in the barren lands of North Greenland and North-East Canada. In the very short high Arctic summer the young knots benefit from the abundance of insects, such as big specimen ...
By Peter Prokosch
Greenland Ice Sheet, Floating at the Edge, West-Greenland
The Greenland ice sheet, the second largest ice mass in the world, consisting of layers of compressed snow from more than 100,000 years, contains in its ice today's most valuable record of past climates. The Greenland Ice Sheet has experienced record melting in recent years and is likely to cont ...
By Peter Prokosch
Greenland Ice Sheet, Floating at the Edge, West-Greenland
The Greenland ice sheet, the second largest ice mass in the world, consisting of layers of compressed snow from more than 100,000 years, contains in its ice today's most valuable record of past climates. The Greenland Ice Sheet has experienced record melting in recent years and is likely to cont ...
By Peter Prokosch
Arctic desert, Olrik Fjord, Northern Greenland
Some parts of Northern Greenland are not covered by the huge inland ice cap. They contain the most northerly ice-free region of the world. Precipitation levels are so low (only about 25 to 200 mm per year, all as snow) that it is called a polar desert. It was not covered by glaciers during the m ...
By Peter Prokosch
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Thule, North-West Greenland
The Turnstone has a circumpolar distribution, and breeds in the northernmost (rocky) tundras habitats. It is a very long distance migrant, wintering on coasts as far south as South Africa and Australia. It is thus a common sight on coasts almost everywhere in the world.
By Peter Prokosch
Arctic desert, Olrik Fjord, Northern Greenland
Some parts of Northern Greenland are not covered by the huge inland ice cap. They contain the most northerly ice-free region of the world. Precipitation levels are so low (only about 25 to 200 mm per year, all as snow) that it is called a polar desert. It was not covered by glaciers during the m ...
By Peter Prokosch
Arctic Willow (Salix arctica), Thule, Greenland
Salix arctica (arctic willow) is a tiny creeping willow (family Salicaceae). It is adapted to survive in harsh Arctic and subarctic environments, and has a circumpolar distribution round the Arctic Ocean. The arctic willow is a food source for several arctic animals. Muskoxen, caribou, arctic ha ...
By Peter Prokosch
Arctic desert, Olrik Fjord, Northern Greenland
Some parts of Northern Greenland are not covered by the huge inland ice cap. They contain the most northerly ice-free region of the world. Precipitation levels are so low (only about 25 to 200 mm per year, all as snow) that it is called a polar desert. It was not covered by glaciers during the m ...
By Peter Prokosch
Melting Sea Ice and stranded Icebergs, North-West Greenland
The annual average extent of Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of -4.5 percent per decade relative to the 1979 to 2000 average and -4.6 percent per decade relative to the 1981 to 2010 average.
By Peter Prokosch
Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska-Pipeline (1993)
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America, covering 86,418 ha and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0×109 m3) of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more th ...
By Peter Prokosch
Snow Geese, Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska (1993)
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America, covering 86,418 ha and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0×109 m3) of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more th ...
By Peter Prokosch
Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska-Pipeline (1993)
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America, covering 86,418 ha and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0×109 m3) of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more th ...
By Peter Prokosch
Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska (1993)
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America, covering 86,418 ha and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0×109 m3) of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more th ...
By Peter Prokosch
Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska (1993)
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America, covering 86,418 ha and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0×109 m3) of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more th ...
By Peter Prokosch
Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska (1993)
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America, covering 86,418 ha and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0×109 m3) of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more th ...
By Peter Prokosch
Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska (1993)
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America, covering 86,418 ha and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0×109 m3) of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more th ...
By Peter Prokosch
Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska (1993)
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America, covering 86,418 ha and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0×109 m3) of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more th ...
By Peter Prokosch
Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska (1993)
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field is a large oil field on Alaska's North Slope. It is the largest oil field in both the United States and in North America, covering 86,418 ha and originally containing approximately 25 billion barrels (4.0×109 m3) of oil. The amount of recoverable oil in the field is more th ...
By Peter Prokosch
Butterfly, Gorkha region, Nepal
Nepal is paradise for Butterfly watching. According to official records, Nepal has 651 species of butterflies which is 3.72% of the world's butterflies.
By Wenzel Prokosch
Khumbu Glacier, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
The Khumbu Glacier is followed for the final part of the trail to Everest Base Camp and is with it's source at 7600 m the highest glacier in the world
By Wenzel Prokosch
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