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Walking Trail through the finbos of Table Mountain National Park at Silvermine, SA
"Finbos" is a high diversity shrub habitat, characteristic for South Africa is well protected in the Table Mountain and other national parks in the Cape Provinces.
By Peter Prokosch
Self-shooting box for Polar Bears from former hunting times, Svalbard
Until hunting was totally closed in 1973 Polar Bears were heavily hunted on Svalbard, using different methods. This historic self-shooting device remains as an outdoor museum piece aside an old trapper hut on an island in Eastern Svalbard. Today Svalbard is the only region within the range of Po ...
By Peter Prokosch
Arctic Terns defending their breeding territory against tourists, Magdalenefjord, Svalbard
WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations and scientific institutions used their experience to create ten principles an ...
By Peter Prokosch
High class cruise tourism, Magdalenefjord, Spitzbergen, Svalbard
WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations and scientific institutions used their experience to create ten principles an ...
By Peter Prokosch
High class cruise tourism, Magdalenefjord, Spitzbergen, Svalbard
WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations and scientific institutions used their experience to create ten principles an ...
By Peter Prokosch
Mountains in Northern Ural, Russia
The Ural mountain chain determines the border between Europe and Asia
By Peter Prokosch
Kara Sea Coast with Sea Ice, Taimyr, Russia (July 1989)
Much of the northernmost land and biodiversity of the Eurasian continent on the Siberian peninsular Taimyr is since 1993 protected within the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik), which once WWF helped to establish within the German-Soviet Environmental Agreement.
By Peter Prokosch
Nenets dancing, Pechora Delta, Russia
Situated in the Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug, in northwestern Russia , Nenetsky Zapovednik has, since 1997, helped preserve the unique landscapes and biodiversity of the western part of the Russian Arctic. Here, within the strict nature reserve’s borders, the Pechora River empties into the Barents ...
By Peter Prokosch
Pechora Delta Reserve, Russia
Situated in the Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug, in northwestern Russia , Nenetsky Zapovednik has, since 1997, helped preserve the unique landscapes and biodiversity of the western part of the Russian Arctic. Here, within the strict nature reserve’s borders, the Pechora River empties into the Barents ...
By Peter Prokosch
Old oil drilling site in the Pechora Delta, Russia
Situated in the Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug, in northwestern Russia , Nenetsky Zapovednik has, since 1997, helped preserve the unique landscapes and biodiversity of the western part of the Russian Arctic. Here, within the strict nature reserve’s borders, the Pechora River empties into the Barents ...
By Peter Prokosch
Brent Goose nest (Branta bernicla nigricans), Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, RussiaP
Tundra islands in the northern Lena delta are used as breeding habitat of the Black-bellied Brent Geese (Branta bernicla nigricans). This part of the Siberian tundra forms the westernmost area of the breeding range of this sub-species, where also the Dark-bellied Brent Geese (Branta bernicla be ...
By Peter Prokosch
Driftwood, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia
Driftwood, both logs and whole trees, float down the Lena every year. They accumulate ashore the various river arms or make it to the sea, where they could drift with the sea ice towards Svalbard and Greenland. - The Lena River and delta are host to many nature reserves, including the Lena Pilla ...
By Peter Prokosch
Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, RussiaP
The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nomi ...
By Peter Prokosch
Polygon tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia
The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nomi ...
By Peter Prokosch
Polygon tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia
The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nomi ...
By Peter Prokosch
Polygon tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia
The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nomi ...
By Peter Prokosch
Polygon tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia
The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nomi ...
By Peter Prokosch
Polygon tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia
The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nomi ...
By Peter Prokosch
Polygon tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia
The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nomi ...
By Peter Prokosch
Polygon tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia
The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nomi ...
By Peter Prokosch
Polygon tundra, Lena Delta, Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia
The Lena delta is one of the largest still pristine river deltas in the world. Its many naturally meandering arms form a magnificent tree-like shape. And ice wedges in the fine sediments of the treeless tundra form regular polygons with small ponds. The whole of the Lena Delta area has been nomi ...
By Peter Prokosch
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