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Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus, grazing on icy ground, Longyearbyen 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

Stones within melting glacial ice In September 2007, an RSE (Religion, Science and Environment) synopsium called Amazon: Source of Life was held. It took participants through the Amazon focusing on the 42 billion trees in the area, threats on Brazil's wa...

By Peter Prokosch

Icebergs in Disco Bay, Greenland The Icebergs from the Ilulissat Icefjord - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - in Disco Bay/Greenland are the largest to be found in the Arctic. Latest research concludes that ice loss from both Greenland and Antarctica is ac...

By Peter Prokosch

Stretched seal skin Seal skin is lightweight and water resistant and has been used for centuries by Inuits for the production of clothing and boots, called Kamiks. Young Ringed Seals are preferred for making boot legs, while the tougher ski...

By Lawrence Hislop

Cottongrass Cottongrass is so named for its soft and fluffy appearance and it is an important food source for migrating Snow Geese and Caribou.It is to be found throughout Northern parts of Asia, Europe and North America and is part...

By Lawrence Hislop

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) head in Greenland The caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is widely distributed across the circumpolar region, and is otherwise known as wild reindeer outside North America. Indigenous populations, many of whom have evolved over several thousands...

By Lawrence Hislop

Xingu National Park, Brazil The Amazon River Basin contains the largest rainforest on Earth. Nearly 50% of South America is blanketed by the Amazon Rainforest. When the South American tectonic plate and the Nazca plate collided 15 million years ago...

By Riccardo Pravettoni

Cleared land in the Amazon Jungle, Brazil Deforestation in the Amazon area is driven mainly by industry and agriculture. Mato Grosso means ‘’Thick Woods’’ and is the name of an inland state of central Brazil, where widespread forest clearing has had a dramatic i...

By Riccardo Pravettoni

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus), Svalbard Blue Whales live for 80-90 years on average and are actually a grey colour, despite the name. Millions of microorganisms take up residence on their bellies, making it appear a light yellow colour. They often swim in pair...

By Peter Prokosch

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus), Svalbard It is thought that Blue Whales are the loudest animal on the planet and that they can hear one another's calls from 1,600km away. There are believed to be between 10,000 - 25,000 Blue Whales surviving today, but this end...

By Peter Prokosch

Autumn in Setesdal, Norway Arctic tundra and open meadows are ideal habitats for Lemmings, whose diet consists of grass, moss, small shrubs and insects. In the Winter, they dig into the soft snow to search for food on the ground. The Norwegian L...

By Peter Prokosch

Autumn colors of the Sedges, Setesdal, Norway Sedge is the common name for a family of mostly perennial grass or rush-like herbs found in abundance in the marshes of subarctic and temperate zones. There are around 5,500 different species and they have solid stems th...

By Peter Prokosch

Lemming roads in the earth, Setesdalheia, Southern Norway Lemmings shelter in Winter under the snow, digging tunnels down to the earth. Here, warm pockets of air provide shelter and melt surrounding snow, providing access to food sources on the ground, such as moss and grass.

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knot (Calidris Canutus) tagging, Norway The Arctic is a vital area for Seabirds (birds that spend most of their time in coastal waters or over the ocean) and the European Arctic is home to an estimated 25 million, all of which find their food in the sea and br...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris Canutus) in Porsanger, Norway The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots, Porsanger Fjord, Norway Along the East-Atlantic flyway the Porsanger fjord in Northern Norway with its extensive mud flats provides an important spring staging area for knotts (Calidris canutus islandica) on their way from their wintering areas...

By Peter Prokosch

Sea eagle and red knots, Porsanger Fjord, Norway The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migratio...

By Peter Prokosch

Pink-Footed Goose nest, Svalbard The Pink-Footed Goose breeds in Spitsbergen, Iceland or Greenland and is often found Wintering in the United Kingdom. Nesting sites in the Tundra are often re-used year after year and some are thought to be up to 40 year...

By Peter Prokosch

Autumn colors at the northern tree line on the Varanger Peninsular, Norway The Varanger Peninsula is situated in Finnmark, north-eastern Norway. The treeline in Norway mainly comprises mountain birch, a sub-species of downy birch.

By Peter Prokosch

Swedish Cornel, Cornus suecica at the northern tree line on the Varanger Peninsular, Norway Cornus suecica (Swedish Cornel or Bunchberry) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cornus (dogwoods), native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of Europe and Asia.

By Peter Prokosch

Beach on the Varanger Peninsula, Norway Varanger Peninsula has an Arctic climate and borders the Barents Sea - the marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. The coastline attracts many species of migratory birds, which nest along the coast in the spring and summer se...

By Peter Prokosch

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