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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

Red Knot (Calidris Canutus), Porsanger, Norway The shorebird migration season is defined by the weather. Birds fly just behind the 35°F isotherm line, meaning that as they fly, they stay within a particular temperature range throughout the journey, effectively follow...

By Peter Prokosch

Taimyr Coastline The Taimyr Autominous Area occupies 800,000 sq km, an area the size of England, France and the Netherlands combined. Only 3% of the subsurface here has been studied but there are believed to be healthy reserves of coal, ...

By Peter Prokosch

Krossfjorden, Svalbard The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA 2004) predicts an average 5-7 degree rise in temperature in Arctic regions by the year 2100. Krossfjorden is on the West coast of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelagio, and...

By Peter Prokosch

Dog sled team at rest on sea ice The Greenland sled dog and Inuit sled dog are primitive ancestors. The Greenland breed was brought to the country by Thule Culture in 1100 A.D. and has been isolated on the island ever since.

By Lawrence Hislop

Old whale bone providing fertile conditions for vascular plants, Antarctic Peninsula Nutrients which seep out of whale bones fertilise plants, leading to an accumulation of organic matter in the soil. Whale bone is also known as Baleen and it was <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baleen>used in a vari...

By Peter Prokosch

Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris) The Sumatran tiger is classified as a critically endangered species (IUCN classification), and the more positive estimates hold that approximately five hundred animals are left on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. This s...

By Peter Prokosch

Franz Josef Land 2012 - Video Video From UNEP/GRID-Arendal: GRID-Arendal was on board of m/v Ortelius of Oceanwide Expedtions to Franz Josef Land, August 9-22, 2012, in order to lecture on Arctic environmental developments and Linking Tourism & Conse...

By Peter Prokosch

Blue-headed Pionus parrots in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador The Blue-headed Pionus parrots is found in humid regions in South America including here in the Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. In the wild, the parrots live in flocks of up to 400 during breeding season, but the Blue-hea...

By Anne Solgaard

Temperate rainforest near Vancouver, Canada Temperate rainforests are found in mild climatic zones with high levels of annual precipitation. These forests grow in several parts of the world, but the largest area of temperate rainforest is the Pacific temperate rai...

By Peter Prokosch

Littered beach, Bali, Indonesia The term marine pollution relates to a range of threats to the marine environment including from land-based sources, oil spills, sewage, invasive species, marine litter, overfishing, destruction of coastal habitats, heav...

By Lawrence Hislop

Mountain landscape in Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavaria, Germany The high mountain landscapes of Berchtesgaden National Park hold nearly all the vegetation zones typical from mid-latitutdes to the polar circle, in terms of floral and faunal species.

By Peter Prokosch

Seal hunters near Ilulissat, Greenland Seal hunting is only legal in 5 countries: Greenland, Norway, Nambia, Russia and Canada. Traditionally, seal hunting, whaling and fishing have been the basis of the economy for the local Inuit population. Hunting in summ...

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 ...

By Peter Prokosch

View over Lofoten, Norway Harbour, Lofoten: One of Norway's primary tourist destinations. Fishing is as strong as industry as tourism in this region.

By Lawrence Hislop

Fallen trees in a plantation, 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

Floating ice sheet, Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica holds nine times the amount of ice as Greenland, the melting of which is an important contribution to current sea-level rise. Melting of the west Antarctic Ice Sheet alone would cause sea levels to rise by an ...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus), captured Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis), Ny Ålesund, Svalbard The Arctic fox can survive temperatures as low as -50 C in the treeless environment of the Arctic Tundra. The fur on the bottom of it's feet help to keep in the warmth in such extreme conditions. It will hunt lemmings th...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic Poppy, (Papaver radicatum) Varanger peninsular, Northern Norway Papaver radicatum, the Arctic Poppy, is one of the northernmost flowering plants (angiosperms) in the World, and can be seen north of the 82nd latitude, and on the Nunavut coat of arms. Arctic poppy and its subgroups hav...

By Peter Prokosch

High Arctic Tundra, Northern Taimyr, Russia, July 1990 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 be...

By Peter Prokosch

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