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Erosion of sand cliff at the edge of Shishmaref This image is of the waterline at the village of Shishmaref in N. Alaska, which has been inhabited for 400 years and is a small, low-lying island 400m wide and 4km long situated off the North-East coast of Alaska.

By Lawrence Hislop

Arctic vegetation Arctic vegetation lies dormant for around 9 months under a blanket of snow. When the Summer temperatures melt the top layer of permafrost (frozen earth) this creates a wetland environment where plants can thrive. The roo...

By Lawrence Hislop

Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus), Svalbard, Norway In May 2008 the Polar Bear was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in the U.S. The most recognised threat to Polar Bears is ecological change as a result of global warming.

By Peter Prokosch

Permafrost soil stone formations, Kongsfjord Permafrost is a layer of soil or rock that remains frozen throughout the entire year and is found at the North and South Poles and in some alpine areas. The patterns on the ground are caused by a complex cycle of freezin...

By Peter Prokosch

Shoreline in the Seychelles Environmental pressures in the Seychelles, a group of granitic islands located in the Indian Ocean, are greatest on the coastal plain where over 80% of the country's flat land occurs. Marine and coastal ecosystems of the...

By Lawrence Hislop

Spectacular rock formations in the Seychelles The Seychelles is a community consisting of 115 islands over 1,3 million square kilometers of the western Indian Ocean. Smoothed granite rocks such as this one are dotted over the islands. The Granitic Seychelles have be...

By Lawrence Hislop

Spectacular rock formations in the Seychelles Boulders such as this one along the coast have been worn away, leaving dramatic formations.

By Lawrence Hislop

Dogs sleds in Uummannaq Village Uummannaq, situated on the west coast of Greenland, has been inhabited for over 4500 years by Inuits from the American Continent whose traditional hunting and fishing practices are the foundation of the industry here. Tr...

By Lawrence Hislop

Ama Dablam, Sagarmatha National Park / Nepal Including the highest point on the Earth’s Surface, Mount Sagarmatha (Everest; 8,848 m) and an elevation range of 6,000 m Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) covers an area of 124,400 hectares in the Solu-Khumbu district of N...

By Peter Prokosch

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus; Female) on melting Sea ice, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

White Shark Tourism, Gaansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa Gaansbaai is famous for its White Shark and Souther Right Whale tourism, which is a key job provider for the community. The Dyer Island Conservation Trust is an example of "Linking Tourism & Conservation", where tour ope...

By Peter Prokosch

Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), Gaansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa The great white shark, is a large lamniform shark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. It is known for its size, with the largest individuals known to have approached or exceeded 6 metres in length,[3] an...

By Peter Prokosch

Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, dry forest, South-West Madagascar The Tsimanampetsotsa National Park with its salt lake and dry spiny forests comprises 430 km2 and has been protected already in 1927 due to its biological meaning (high endemism of species). The calcareous plateau is cov...

By Peter Prokosch

Natural forest cover with starting deforestation in south-west Madagascar Madagascar is among the world's poorest countries. As such, people's day-to-day survival is dependent upon natural resource use. They must live off the land that surrounds them, making use of whatever resources they can...

By Peter Prokosch

Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys, Antarctic Peninsular The Black-browed Albatross or Black-browed Mollymawk, Thalassarche melanophrys, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae, and it is the most widespread and common albatross. Declines may be attributable to ...

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguin (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....

By Peter Prokosch

Sea eagle safari, Trollfjord, Lofoten/Vesterålen, Norway The Trollfjord (Trollfjorden) is a 2 km long sidearm of the Raftsund between the Norwegian archipelagos of Lofoten and Vesterålen. With its narrow entrance and steep-sided mountains, Trollfjord cuts westwards from the Ra...

By Peter Prokosch

Polar bear on sea ice, its prime habitat, 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 condit...

By Peter Prokosch

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus,) Porsanger Fjord The Horned Grebe or Slavonian Grebe, Podiceps auritus, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. It appears in Northern Norway (here at a breeding site at the Porsanger fjord) when in May the lake ice is opening. ...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern Norway Of the six subspecies of Red Knot, one is now stable, four are in decline, and the trend in the sixth population is unclear. These declines can be attributed to the loss of important feeding areas and food sources along ...

By Peter Prokosch

Tropical butterfly, Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

By Peter Prokosch

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