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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

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

By Peter Prokosch

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

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

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides), 1st year, Ilusissat, Greenland The Iceland Gull, Larus glaucoides, is a large gull which breeds in the Arctic regions of Canada and Greenland, but not Iceland, where it is only seen in the winter. It is migratory, wintering from in the North Atlantic ...

By Peter Prokosch

Greenland mountains stick out the ice shield Almost entire Greenland is covered by a massive ice shield. Only on the edges peak mountains are sticking out.

By Peter Prokosch

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

Red Knots 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

Iceberg in Disco Bay, Greenland The Ilulissat Icefjord in Disco Bay is one of the World's fastest flowing glaciers and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is located 250km North of the Arctic Circle and it accounts for 10% of the production of Greenland's...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knot (Calidris canutus islandica), Thule, North-West Greenland The Red Knot is breeding with 6 subspecies in the circumpolar high Arctic tundra. Calidris canutus islandica is breeding in the barren lands of North Greenland and North-East Canada. In the very short high Arctic summer...

By Peter Prokosch

Local meatmarket offering porpoise flesh for sale, Nuuk, Greenland The main threat to porpoise is being caught in nets, though porpoise flesh is hunted consumed by Greenlanders and is attributed to the low incidence of cardiovascular disease in Greenland <a href='http://www.highnorth.no...

By Peter Prokosch

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) decomposing on an island off Nuuk, Greenland Greenland is home to around 15 species of Whale, of which only 3 remain during the Winter. The Fin Whale is but a Summer visitor to Greenland and is often seen in the water. The Fin Whale grows to be around 27m in length...

By Peter Prokosch

High Arctic tundra as breeding habitat of the Knot (Calidris canutus islandica), Olrik fjord, North-West Greenland 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

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