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Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia), Svalbard The Thick-billed Murre or Brünnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) is a bird in the auk family (Alcidae). It breeds on coasts and islands in the High Arctic of Europe, Asia and North America, where it is one of the most numero...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Long-tailed Skua, Stercorarius longicaudus, Kongsfjord, Svalbard The Long-tailed Skua, Stercorarius longicaudus (known as the Long-tailed Jaeger in North America) is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. This is the smallest of the skua family, distinguishable by its long tail...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic Skua, Stercorarius parasiticus, Alkhornet, Svalbard The Arctic Skua or Parasitic Skua, (Stercorarius parasiticus) is the most common and regular breeding species in the circumpolar Arctic of the skua family Stercorariidae, It nests on dry tundra, higher fells and island...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Rich Arctic tundra vegetation at Alkhornet, Icefjord, Svalbard In the high Arctic of Svalbard the Icefjord region provides relatively rich vegetation. Underneath bird cliffs at Alkhornet, where soil is highly fertilized, the new green growth is visible from a long distance.

By Peter Prokosch

Polar bear testing melting sea ice, 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

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

By Peter Prokosch

Tourist and reindeer, Svalbard The short-legged and compact Svalbard subspecies of reindeer is one on the wildlife attractions for tourists on Svalbard, often possible to observe from close distance. In the short summer vegetation season reindeer nee...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic tern, Sterna paradisea The Arctic Tern enjoys the most hours of sunlight of any animal on Earth. This long distance migratory species has a circumpolar breeding range up to the high Arctic, where there is constant sunshine in summer. As winter...

By Peter Prokosch

Polar bears feeding on sea ice, 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

polar bear looking for whale cadaver under water, 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

Polar bear and glaucous gull, 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

Polar bears, 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

Polar bear, 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

Male and female Polar bear feeding on a seal, pack ice North of 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

polar bear swimming 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

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern 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

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