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Mangrove forest, Kenya
Mangrove forest, Lamu, Kenya.
By Peter Prokosch
Impala, Aepyceros melampus, female "clan" in Acacia forest, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
The Impala, Aepyceros melampus, is one of the most common antelope species in the Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya. Its preferred habitat are the edges between grassland and denser woodland, notably Acacia. Female Impalas live in kin groups ("clans") of 30 - 120 animals
By Peter Prokosch
Black layers in glacial ice
Icebergs can appear white, blue, green, brown or black. The colourations are caused by impurities or difference in density. The dark layers seen here indicate the presence of rock materials from the base of the glacier. The famous blue colour is a result of extremely compact ice that is also lik ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) observing the ice, Norway
Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska recently tracked a female bear who swam 685km for nine days in order to reach the ice floe, where she would find food. She lost her exhausted cub along the way, who was unable to make it to the ice.
By Peter Prokosch
Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus), Svalbard
Polar Bears do most of their hunting on the sea ice. They feed almost exclusively on ice-living Ringed or Bearded Seals and the ice sheets under which these seals live and the Bears must follow the ice as it retreats into Fjords and Bays in the Summer months. Bears that find themselves trapped o ...
By Peter Prokosch
Boats in the ice in Uummannaq, Greenland
The vital fishing industry in Greenland is powered by a fleet of around 5850 boats of all shapes and sizes. Greenland is restricted by various legislative initiatives to ensure the sustainable use of their natural resources.
By Lawrence Hislop
Leopard Seal (Hydrurga Leptonyx) and Anatrctic Skua (Catharacta MacCormicki), Antarctic Peninsula
The Leopard Seal is widely distributed in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters of the southern hemisphere, and its name originates from the black spots seen on the throat. It preys on penguins, but will also eat krill, fish, squid, a variety of seabirds, and juvenile seals, and will also occasion ...
By Peter Prokosch
Reindeer herding (Rangifer Tarandus), Finnmark, Norway
In 2005 there were 30 000 to 40 000 wild reindeer in Norway and now, the population of reindeer in Norway is reported to be growing at the same time that land for use in their management is shrinking (Environment.no). In the early 20th century, these reindeer were spread across 3 large managemen ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Gentoo Penguin colony at Chilean research station, Antarctic Peninsula
Gentoo Penguins are mostly monogamous. Breeding colonies are made up of hundreds of birds and are usually located a couple of kilometers from the sea.
By Peter Prokosch
Mating Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis Adeliae), Antarctic Peninsula
Adelie Penguins return to the same breeding site and partner year after year and will recognise their mate's breeding call. They will defend their mate and nesting against neighbours but are generally very social creatures, hunting and travelling in packs called waddles.
By Peter Prokosch
Abandoned home near the coast of Shishmaref
The town's homes, water system and infrastructure in Shishmaref are being destroyed by a rising tide, to the point where homes are being abandoned as they literally fall into the ocean. Residents can do nothing to stop the water as it approaches their homes.
By Lawrence Hislop
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis Antarcticus), Antarctic Peninsula
The small Chinstrap penguin forages near the shore for small crustaceans, krill and fish and they use strong flippers and feet to crawl or jump up steep slopes. Unlike other Penguins here, the Chinstrap Penguin does not preferentially feed the stronger of it's chicks and ensures that both ar ...
By Peter Prokosch
Sunset over Nairobi, Kenya
East-Africa is famous for its vast savannahs and the biodiversity so typical for this particular landscape. Yet the region harbors a number of other forest ecosystems, including lowland and mountain rain forests, dryland forests and woodlands, and of course swamp forests and coastal mangroves. S ...
By Yannick Beadoin
Iceberg in Disco Bay, Greenland
The Ilulissat Icefjord in Disco Bay is one of the World's fastest flowing glaciers and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is located 250km North of the Arctic Circle and it accounts for 10% of the production of Greenland's calf ice. The Icebergs from the Ilulissat Icefjord are the largest to be fo ...
By Peter Prokosch
Spectacular patterns caused by erosion, Seychelles.
Rocks along the coast have been weathered, leaving dramatic formations.
By Lawrence Hislop
Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus), Masai Mara
The cheetah is the fastest living terrestrial animal in the world. Historically present across Africa and Asia, the cheetah has experienced major contractions in range and population size, threatening the survival of the species. It is now present in less than 1/10th of its historical range in e ...
By Peter Prokosch
New Zealand coastline
New Zealand's oldest rocks are over 500 million years old. Some 15,000km of coastline is made up of white sandy beaches on the East side of the North Island, and dramatic black sandy beaches on the West coast.
By Yannick Beaudoin
Tree harvesting machinery, Canada
Sustainable forest management involves the maintenance and enhancement of forest environments, ensuring longevity of forest ecosystems while allowing the best possible environmental, economic, social and cultural opportunities now and into the future. In Canada, the world’s largest exporter of ...
By Lawrence Hislop
Piece of Shelf-Ice, Antarctic Peninsula
Ice shelves are permanent floating sheets of ice that connect to a landmass. Most of the world’s ice shelves hug the coast of Antarctica. Ice from enormous ice sheets slowly oozes into the sea through glaciers and ice streams. If the ocean is cold enough, that newly arrived ice doesn't melt r ...
By Peter Prokosch
Storing fish in a permafrost ice cellar, Lena Delta, Russia
The local people of the tundras of Northern Siberia often store their fish and game in self-built ice cellars in the permafrost, natural freezers, which don't need electricity and are definitely climate neutral...
By Peter Prokosch
Cape Chelyuskin, northernmost point of Eurasia, Taimyr, Russia
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 a partnership agreement between the Taimyrsky Zapovednik (nature reserve) and the Schleswig-Holstein W ...
By Peter Prokosch
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