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Cape Petrel (Daption capense), Antarctic Penisular 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

South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki), Antarctic Peninsular The South Polar Skua, which breeds in snow-free areas of Antarctica, sometimes associated with penguin rookeries, looks very similar as the Great Skua of the Northern hemisphere. The species is pelagic in the Southern wi...

By Peter Prokosch

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus), Antarctic Peninsular The Kelp Gull is the souther equivalent of the Northern hemisphere's Lesser Black-backed Gull, but is slightly larger. This coastal gull is omnivores like most gulls seeking all kinds of small prey. They scavenge and hav...

By Peter Prokosch

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus), adult and young, Antarctic Peninsular The Kelp Gull is the souther equivalent of the Northern hemisphere's Lesser Black-backed Gull, but is slightly larger. This coastal gull is omnivores like most gulls seeking all kinds of small prey. They scavenge and hav...

By Peter Prokosch

Tourists visiting bird cliff, Alkefjellet, Svalbard WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations a...

By Peter Prokosch

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

Tidal flats, Vanna, Troms, Norway Tidal flats in Norway are found in the inner parts of several fjords and bays. They are, among other, important feeding areas for shorebirds, both for migratory species as well as local breeding birds, such as redshenks.

By Peter Prokosch

River ice break-up, Taimyra river, Taimyr, Russia Only in the beginning of July suddenly the ice of the Taimyra river ice is breaking up: Different clinging and rumbling sounds of falling ice splints and turning and crashing blocks are clinging are filling the tundra at...

By Peter Prokosch

Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Reindeer have a circumpolar distribution with several subspecies in different areas. The Svalbard reindeer is a small subspecies of Rangifer tarandus. The subspecies found in Svalbard is exclusive to this area. Reindeer ...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Snow with Red Pharlaropes, Svalbard Red snow, also called snow algae, watermelon snow, or blood snow, is snow that is reddish or pink in color, with the slight scent of a fresh watermelon. Red snow is caused by the presence mainly of Chlamydomonas nivalis,...

By Peter Prokosch

Lofoten islands, Norway The archipelago of the Lofoten is one of the most visited tourist destinations in North-Norwegian because of its natural beauty. It is also surrounded by one of the most productive fishing grounds, both factors, which le...

By Peter Prokosch

Bø, Vesterålen, Norway The archipelago of the Vesterålen, North of the Lofoten, is a highly visited tourist destinations in North-Norwegian because of its natural beauty. It is also surrounded by one of the most productive fishing grounds, bot...

By Peter Prokosch

Tidal flats at Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany The Dutch-German-Danish Wadden Sea, with its tidal flats, tidal creeks, estuaries, salt marshes, beaches, dunes and islands is one of the last relatively unspoilt natureareas in Europe. The tidal rhythm determines the pa...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Saltmarshes, Westerhever, Wadden Sea Nationalpark Schleswig-Holstein, Germany The Dutch-German-Danish Wadden Sea, with its tidal flats, tidal creeks, estuaries, salt marshes, beaches, dunes and islands is one of the last relatively unspoilt natureareas in Europe. The tidal rhythm determines the pa...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Marine garbage: fishing nets with dead eider duck, Westerhever, German Wadden Sea Garbage has always been discarded into the ocean, but since the 1940s, plastic use has increased dramatically, resulting in a huge quantity of nearly indestructible, lightweight material floating in the oceans and eventu...

By Peter Prokosch

Tidal flats at Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany The Dutch-German-Danish Wadden Sea attracts millions of tourists, many of them paricularly interested in nature, e.g. bird watchers. The Wadden Sea with its tidal flats, tidal creeks, estuaries, salt marshes, beaches, du...

By Peter Prokosch

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