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High class cruise tourism, Magdalenefjord, Spitzbergen, Svalbard WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations a...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Grave of a Norwegian Carpenter working at the former Whaling Station on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Antarctic whaling began on a large scale in 1904 with the building of a whale processing station at Grytviken, South Georgia. A number of shore-based stations were in operation under some kind of regulation on the catche...

By Peter Prokosch

Remains from the Norwegian Whaling Station on Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Antarctic whaling began on a large scale in 1904 with the building of a whale processing station at Grytviken, South Georgia. A number of shore-based stations were in operation under some kind of regulation on the catche...

By Peter Prokosch

Raftsund, Lofoten/Vesterålen, Norway Raftsund between the Norwegian archipelagos of Lofoten and Vesterålen. It is one of the most scenic fjords in Northern Norway, visited by cruise ships. Tourists are getting impressed by the beauty of nature and often ta...

By Peter Prokosch

Trollfjord, Lofoten/Vesterålen, Norway The Trollfjord (Trollfjorden) is a 2 km long sidearm of the Raftsund between the Norwegian archipelagos of Lofoten and Vesterålen. With its narrow entrance and steep-sided mountains, Trollfjord cuts westwards from the Ra...

By Peter Prokosch

Sea eagle safari, Trollfjord, Lofoten/Vesterålen, Norway The Trollfjord (Trollfjorden) is a 2 km long sidearm of the Raftsund between the Norwegian archipelagos of Lofoten and Vesterålen. With its narrow entrance and steep-sided mountains, Trollfjord cuts westwards from the Ra...

By Peter Prokosch

Tidal flats, Vanna, Troms, Norway Tidal flats in Norway are found in the inner parts of several fjords and bays. They are, among other, important feeding areas for shorebirds, both for migratory species as well as local breeding birds, such as redshenks.

By Peter Prokosch

Drying rack with stock fish (cod), Porsanger fjord, Norway Stockfish is unsalted fish, especially cod, dried by cold air and wind on wooden racks on the foreshore, called "hjell". The drying of food is the world's oldest known preservation method, and dried fish has a storage li...

By Peter Prokosch

Lofoten islands, Norway The archipelago of the Lofoten is one of the most visited tourist destinations in North-Norwegian because of its natural beauty. It is also surrounded by one of the most productive fishing grounds, both factors, which le...

By Peter Prokosch

Bø, Vesterålen, Norway The archipelago of the Vesterålen, North of the Lofoten, is a highly visited tourist destinations in North-Norwegian because of its natural beauty. It is also surrounded by one of the most productive fishing grounds, bot...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Kittiwakes, Rissa tridactyla, collecting moss as nest material, Svalbard Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. They form large, dense, noisy colonies during the summer reproductive period, often sharing habitat with murres. They ...

By Peter Prokosch

Cold water corals, Lophelia pertusa, beach of Vanna, Troms, Northern Norway With wind and waves samples of underwater sea fauna and flora become visible on beaches. Examples from the North Norwegian coast. Beside the bivalve Icelandic cyprine, Arctica islandica, remains of cold water coral reefs...

By Peter Prokosch

Cold water corals, Lophelia pertusa, beach of Vanna, Troms, Northern Norway With wind and waves samples of underwater sea fauna and flora become visible on beaches. Examples from the North Norwegian coast. Among two species of mussels remains of cold water coral reefs are found here. Lophelia pe...

By Peter Prokosch

Tourists photographing thick-billed guillemots, Alkefjelet, Svalbard WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations a...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic expedition tourism, Svalbard WWF once facilitated a process of developing Arctic guidelines for tourists and tour companies. Representatives from local communities, governments, different sectors of the tourism industry, conservation organisations a...

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

Arctic Poppy, (Papaver radicatum) Varanger peninsular, Northern Norway Papaver radicatum, the Arctic Poppy, is one of the northernmost flowering plants (angiosperms) in the World, and can be seen north of the 82nd latitude, and on the Nunavut coat of arms. Arctic poppy and its subgroups hav...

By Peter Prokosch

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