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Sea Ice North of Svalbard Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean surface. It forms in both the Arctic and the Antarctic in each hemisphere’s winter, and it retreats, but does not completely disappear, in the summer. It plays an impor...

By Peter Prokosch

Iceberg, Svalbard Svalbard is a small archipelago whose climate is influenced by two sources of surface ocean water: (a) The West Spitsbergen Current, moving warm water along the West Coast; (b) East Greenland Current, bringing cold water...

By Peter Prokosch

Rock formation at the base of the branch of the Lena Delta The Lena River Delta is one of the longest rivers in the World. It flows North from Lake Baikal in Russia and opens into the Laptev Sea. At the river mouth the river forms a 32,000 sq km delta - the largest in the World....

By Peter Prokosch

Bear Island, Svalbard The Svalbard archipelago is located in the Arctic Ocean, between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole. Half way between the Norwegian mainland and the main island Spitsbergen the isolated Bear Island (Bjørnøya) is p...

By Peter Prokosch

Walrus (Odobenus Rosmarus), Svalbard Both male and female walrus possess the same impressive and distinctive tusks, which can grow up to 1m long. A male Walrus can weigh up to 1500kg and stretch 3.5m in length. Around Svalbard, Walruses reside year-round a...

By Peter Prokosch

Red-Necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus Lobatus) mating, Flatøy, Iceland The Red Phalarope spends more time at sea than any other Phalarope and nests in the wet tundra of the Arctic Coastline. They feed off the parasites on the backs of whales or on plankton. Newborn chicks can be left to fen...

By Peter Prokosch

Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus), Svalbard Polar Bears do most of their hunting on the sea ice. They feed almost exclusively on ice-living Ringed or Bearded Seals and the ice sheets under which these seals live and the Bears must follow the ice as it retreats int...

By Peter Prokosch

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), Svalbard The Polar Bears occupying the area between Spitsbergen and the Russian Archipelago are referred to as the Barents Sea population and are estimated to make up over 3,000 bears. They are long-lived mammals with low reprodu...

By Peter Prokosch

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus), Svalbard The largest mammal ever to inhabit the Earth, the Blue Whale in an endangered species, with a population estimated at around 1,500. They average about 25m in length and generally weigh a massive 100,000kg. It’s heart is ...

By Peter Prokosch

Blue Whale, Svalbard The largest mammal ever to inhabit the Earth, the Blue Whale in an endangered species, with a population estimated at around 1,500. They average about 25m in length and generally weigh a massive 100,000kg. It’s heart is ...

By Peter Prokosch

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

Hippo (Hippopotamus Amphibius) in the river, Zambia The Luangwa River in Zambia is the most intact river system in Africa, and forms the lifeblood of the Luangwa National Park. Along this stretch of river, there is an official hippo-count of 48 animals per kilometre - the...

By Yannick Beaudoin

Coral, Vanuatu The coastal and underwater environment of Vanuatu harbours some of the most stunning dive sites in the Pacific Islands.

By Yannick Beaudoin

Sea slug, Vanuatu Vanuatu's marine biodiversity is threatened by over harvesting of fish resources and water pollution, which is a serious issue especially in Port Vila harbour due to poor sewage and a spike in population in recent years....

By Yannick Beaudoin

Reef fish, Vanuatu This delicate environment is highly vulnerable to storm surges and a rising water level due to the many low coastal roads and villages. There is frequent disturbance due to the passage of tropical cyclones and volcanic a...

By Yannick Beaudoin

Reef fish, Vanuatu The coastal and underwater environment of Vanuatu harbours some of the most stunning dive sites in the Pacific Islands. Vanuatu's marine biodiversity is threatened by over harvesting of fish resources and water pollu...

By Yannick Beaudoin

Coastline, Vanuatu Vanuatu's flora is thought to resemble that of the Solomon Islands and Fiji, and the reef ecosystems support a number of Australian species.

By Yannick Beaudoin

Shoreline in the Seychelles Environmental pressures in the Seychelles, a group of granitic islands located in the Indian Ocean, are greatest on the coastal plain where over 80% of the country's flat land occurs. Marine and coastal ecosystems of the...

By Lawrence Hislop

Gangplank into the sea, Seychelles The Seychelles Islands' main economic activities are (understandably) tourism and fishing. Both of these industries depend on the continued health and sustainable management of the islands' coastal and marine ecosystems...

By Lawrence Hislop

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