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The Kiruna Town Hall, where the Arctic Council met May 15, 2013 During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Pre...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic Council Ministerial in Kiruna: The Swedish Chair, Carl Bildt, hands over to the new Canadian Chair, Leona Aglukkaq During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Pre...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic Council Ministerial in Kiruna, Sweden During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Pre...

By Peter Prokosch

The 8 Foreign Ministers at their Arctic Council Meeting in Kiruna, Sweden From left to right: Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Federation, Villi Søvndal, Denmark, John F. Kerry, USA, Leona Aglukkaq, Canada, Carl Bildt (giving directions), Sweden, Erkki Tuomioja, Finland, Espen Barth Eide, Norway, a...

By Peter Prokosch

Greenpeace demonstrated when the Arctic Council met in Kiruna, Sweden During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Pre...

By Peter Prokosch

The 8 Foreign Ministers at their Arctic Council Meeting in Kiruna, Sweden From left to right: Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Federation, Villi Søvndal, Denmark, John F. Kerry, USA, Leona Aglukkaq, Canada, Carl Bildt, Sweden, Erkki Tuomioja, Finland, Espen Barth Eide, Norway, and Hermann Örn Ingól...

By Peter Prokosch

Tundra/Taiga Landscape surrounding Kiruna, Sweden, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340 During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Pre...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Wind-Power Park near Kiruna, Sweden, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340 Climate Change was a key topic at the Arctic Council Ministerial. All 8 Arctic countries' Ministers demonstrated commitment, including a strong statement from US Foreign Minister John F. Kerry, to reduce climate gas emis...

By Peter Prokosch

Kiruna, Sweden, on the horizon, the day after the Arctic Council Ministerial May 15, 2013_020513_7340 During the Kiruna Ministerial Meeting 15 May Arctic Ministers signed the Kiruna Declaration, Vision for the Arctic, Senior Arctic Officials Report to Ministers, and an Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Pre...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knot Habitat, Sterlegova, 75.26N 89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 2019 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 the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Knot (Calidris canutus canutus) with young, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990 The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the lar...

By Peter Prokosch

One-day old Red Knots (Calidris canutus canutus), Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, Taimyr, Russia, July 1990 The Red Knot breeding with six subspecies in the high Arctic tundra makes one of the longest migrations of any bird, traveling up to 16,000 km twice a year. The different knot populations are migrating in some of the lar...

By Peter Prokosch

Coast at Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, 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 the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Frost Patterns, Sterlegova , 75.26N89.09E, 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 the establishment (1993) o...

By Peter Prokosch

Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), Sterlegova, 75.26N89.09E, Coast of Taimyr, Russia, July 1990 The long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) is the smallest and most slender of the skuas. The long-tailed skua has a circumpolar distribution in Arctic regions. Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agre...

By Peter Prokosch

Remains of the Gulag Labor Camp "Rybak Lag" Northeast Taimyr, Russia, July 1990 The development of labor camps during the Stalin period forced many hundred thousand people to "settle" in the Russian Arctic. Some of the bigger settlements, such as Norilsk, have their roots in this period. - The Rybak...

By Peter Prokosch

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