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Old Thule, abandoned village, North-West Greenland
In the winter of 1953 the United States expanded their airbase at Thule and forcibly relocated the population of Pituffik, Dundas, and Uummannaq 31 km (19 mi) to the north within four days during the height of the Cold War. The settlement was subsequently moved another 100 kilometers to the nort ...
By Peter Prokosch
Breeding habitat of Red Knots (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 benefits from the abundance of insects, such as big specime ...
By Peter Prokosch
One day old Red Knots (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 benefits from the abundance of insects, such as big specime ...
By Peter Prokosch
Red Knot (Calidris canutus iskandica) in breeding habitat, 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
Northern Clouded Yellow (Colias hecla) Caterpillar, Thule, North-West Greenland
The Northern Clouded Yellow or Hecla Sulphur (Colias hecla) is one of the very few butterfly species still to be found in Northern Greenland. In Europe, it is found in the northern part of Norway, Sweden and Finland up to heights of 900 m. Beside Greenland It is also found in Alaska, the Northwe ...
By Peter Prokosch
Northern Clouded Yellow (Colias hecla) Butterfly, Thule, North-West Greenland
The Northern Clouded Yellow or Hecla Sulphur (Colias hecla) is one of the very few butterfly species still to be found in Northern Greenland. In Europe, it is found in the northern part of Norway, Sweden and Finland up to heights of 900 m. Beside Greenland It is also found in Alaska, the Northwe ...
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
Fjord in between Ice-free West-Greenland
All towns and settlements of Greenland are situated along the ice-free coast, with the population being concentrated along the west coast. Significant parts of the hinterland at the central west coast are also ice-free (and snow free in summer)
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
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
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