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Halibut (Reinhardtius Hippoglossoides) hanging from traditional drying racks in Uummannaq, Greenland Fishing is a traditional practice in Lofoten, home to around 24,500 people and an area where fishing is as strong an industry as tourism.

By Lawrence Hislop

Halibut fishing, Uummannaq, Greenland Halibut is fished in Greenland year round from boats, or from holes in the ice that are reached by dog sled.

By Lawrence Hislop

Tree plantation in Canada With a vast territory of around ten million square kilometers, Canada is home to one third of the world’s boreal forests and close to half of Canada’s land area is forested. Being so rich in trees, Canada has become the ...

By Lawrence Hislop

Cleared forest area in 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 opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

Tree plantation in 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 opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

View over tree plantation in 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 opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

By Lawrence Hislop

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 opportu...

By Lawrence Hislop

Pollution is detroying the mangroves on coastal Bali Once their root system is established, Mangroves provide the perfect habitat for shrimps, lobsters and oysters. They also slow the water flow around the root area, improving coastal water quality, providing the necessary...

By Lawrence Hislop

Drifting through a mangrove plantation in Bali The variety of marine life which exists in and around mangroves provides many Indonesians with their livelihood, in fishing, gathering of crustaceans, to timber production. Unfortunately, mangroves here occupy coastal la...

By Lawrence Hislop

Reindeer herding, Finnmark, Norway Reindeer herding is a practice traditionally undertaken by the Sami people, who have been doing it since the 17th century. They herd their reindeer across the land spanning Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, le...

By Lawrence Hislop

Leading edge of the Store Glacier, Greenland Store Glacier is 5.5 km wide at its front and is ranked 2nd or 3rd in iceberg discharge for west Greenland at 13.2 – 17.5 km3 year. Store Glacier is one of a number of remarkably stable Greenland ice sheet outlets amongs...

By Lawrence Hislop

Ice canyon in the Store Glacier According to available imagery dating back to 1964, Store Glacier has not significantly changed its front position in recent history. In Greenland as a whole, between 2000-2008 there has been 920 square kilometers of are...

By Lawrence Hislop

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes Giganteus), Antarctic Peninsula There are several species of Petrel in the Antarctic and they are generally known for having an excellent sense of smell, a rare quality in birds. The Giant Petrel is strong and can kill a penguin for food but they also ...

By Peter Prokosch

Cape Petrels (Daption capense), Antarctic Peninsula The Cape Petrel, also called Cape Pigeon, is one of the most common seabirds of the Southern Ocean and around Antarctica. They have an estimated population of around 2 million. Cape Petrels feed mainly on crustacea, incl...

By Peter Prokosch

Black-Browed Albatross (Thalassarche Melanophrys), Antarctic Peninsula With a wingspan of up to 2.m, the Black-Browed Albatross is an impressive and majestic creature. They have been recorded to fly up to 880km per day and they live for up to 50 years and travel widely, spending much of the...

By Peter Prokosch

Antarctic shelf-ice berg, Antarctic Peninsula <a href=http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/ice-sheets-schematic-illustration-for-greenland-and-antarctica>Calving</a> is the name for the process of a piece of ice (sometimes kilometers wide) breaking off an ice shelf and b...

By Peter Prokosch

Iceberg contours, Antarctic Peninsula The Weddell Sea in Antarctica , where this iceberg was pictured, is one of the regions driving large-scale ocean circulation, otherwise known as thermohaline circulation. In the Weddell Sea, surface seawater is intensely...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier ice and sea ice, Antarctic 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 ...

By Peter Prokosch

Male Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus Gazella), Antarctic Peninsula Since the 1800's when they were killed for their dense fur to the brink of extinction, the Fur Seal has made a strong comeback, with <a href=http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/2058/0> all populations stable ...

By Peter Prokosch

Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis Adeliae), Antarctic Peninsula The Adelie Penguin feeds off mainly krill, which can be found in colder, surface waters of the Southern Ocean and is a key species in the food chain in the Antarctic, providing food for many fish and mammals.

By Peter Prokosch

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