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Glacier ice and sea ice, Adelie PenguinsAntarctic Peninsula
Unlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major freshwater reserves of the globe. Moving permanently towards the coasts, the ...
By Peter Prokosch
Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula
Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent. Adélies are shallow divers feeding mainly on krill and other euphausiids. T ...
By Peter Prokosch
Arctic tundra, Taimyrski Zapovednik (nature reserve), central Taimyr, Russia
Arctic tundra and Taimyr river, south of the Taimyr lake and Biranga mountains. The Taimyr peninsular is covered by the most extensive and northernmost tundra habitats in Siberia. These enormous wetlands are used during the short Arctic summer (the picture is taken in early July) by millions of ...
By Peter Prokosch
Dissolving Sea Ice, South of Svalbard
Approaching Svalbard by plane provides South of the archipelago the view on a sea area, where a cold current coming from East meets the last branches of the Golf stream from West. Here the compact sea ice, which is drifting from Siberia westwards to Svalbard, is dissolving into the warmer waters ...
By Peter Prokosch
Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia), Svalbard
The Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). It breeds on coasts and islands in the High Arctic of Europe, Asia and North America, where it is one of the most numerous bird species. From their high Arctic breeding grounds the species is migr ...
By Peter Prokosch
Polar bear testing melting sea ice, Svalbard
More than any other animal, the polar bear, Ursus maritimus, is recognized as the symbol of the Arctic. With white fur and a sub-skin blubber providing insulation, the polar bear has adapted to live in severe cold conditions. The polar bear finds the majority of its prey on the sea ice – mostly ...
By Peter Prokosch
Tourist and reindeer, Svalbard
The short-legged and compact Svalbard subspecies of reindeer is one on the wildlife attractions for tourists on Svalbard, often possible to observe from close distance. In the short summer vegetation season reindeer need to build up fat reserves to survive the long winter.
By Peter Prokosch
Polar bear, Svalbard
More than any other animal, the polar bear, Ursus maritimus, is recognized as the symbol of the Arctic. With white fur and a sub-skin blubber providing insulation, the polar bear has adapted to live in severe cold conditions. The polar bear finds the majority of its prey on the sea ice – mostly ...
By Peter Prokosch
Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern Norway
The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migrations of any bird, some populations also fly as much as 8–9,000 km between stopo ...
By Peter Prokosch
Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern Norway
The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migrations of any bird, some populations also fly as much as 8–9,000 km between stopo ...
By Peter Prokosch
Migrating Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica,) German Wadden Sea
Birds are certainly the most known representatives of migratory species and fascinating in their incredible flight strategies. They attract millions of birdwatchers and eco-tourists all over the world. Approximately 1,800 of the world's 10,000 bird species are long-distance migrants. The sho ...
By Peter Prokosch
Kathmandu city, Nepal
People living in mountain regions across the world are used to environmental change and are regularly dealing with too much or too little water, both conditions often occurring within the same season or within short periods of time. Hence many mountain peoples have developed a series of stra ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Tourist cruise ship, Svalbard
A number of cruise ship operators work on Svalbard during the summer months, bringing tourists from across the world to visit the landscapes and biodiversity of this Arctic archipelago. Most, if not all, of these cruise ship operators are part of the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Opera ...
By Bjorn Alfthan
Cheetahs in the shade, Kenya
The cheetah is the fastest living land animal and capable of reaching speeds up to 120 km/h. As opposed to their relative on the savannah, the leopard, cheetahs cannot climb vertical trees. The reason for this is that their claws are non-retractable which is specially developed for giving a good ...
By Yannick Beaudoin
Meditaranian coastal shrup forest, Turkey
Meditaranian coastal shrup forest, Kas, Turkey.
By Peter Prokosch
Mangrove forest, Lamu, Kenya
The last decades have seen an increasing focus on the importance of mangrove forests in the coastal ecosystem. The ecosystem services provided by mangroves are many: they function as buffers between land and sea and provide protection against extreme weather. Their deep root systems prevent soil ...
By Peter Prokosch
Himalaya mountain forests, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
Rhododendron forest at about 3500m above sealevel in the Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) national park. The Sagarmāthā National Park is a protected area in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal containing the southern half of Mount Everest. The park was created on July 19, 1976 and was inscribed as a Natura ...
By Peter Prokosch
Clear-cutting, Southern Norway
Clear-cutting-management of Norwegian spruce forest, Southern Norway
By Peter Prokosch
Icebergs in the sea
Irregularly shaped icebergs are common around Greenland and Northern Canada and originate from the many Greenland fjords. Icebergs around this area are often very broken up due to tidal action and the fact that most of these glaciers terminate below the snow-line. The result is that irregular ic ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Walrus (Odobenus Rosmarus), Svalbard
The walrus is a benthic (bottom) feeder - their diet consists of molluscs such as mussels, which they find on the seabed. Understandably, they prefer habitats with access to shallow feeding grounds and are often found near the coast or near large areas of drift ice.
By Peter Prokosch
Red Knots in Porsanger, Norway
The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migrations of any bird, some populations also fly as much as 8–9,000 km between stopo ...
By Peter Prokosch
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