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Thule Air Base, North-West Greenland Thule Air Base is the U.S. Armed Forces' northernmost installation, surrounded by arctic environment offering spectacular scenery,including majestic icebergs in the North Star Bay. - On January 21, 1968, a US military pl...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic desert, Olrik Fjord, Northern Greenland Scarcely vegetated slopes at the Olrik fjord are the breeding habitat of red knots. -Some parts of Northern Greenland are not covered by the huge inland ice cap. They contain the most northerly ice-free region of the wor...

By Peter Prokosch

Melting Sea Ice and stranded Icebergs, North-West Greenland The annual average extent of Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of -4.5 percent per decade relative to the 1979 to 2000 average and -4.6 percent per decade relative to the 1981 to 2010 average.

By Peter Prokosch

Peary Land, Northern Greenland Peary Land in the North of Greenland and with Oodaaq island is the northernmost land of the world. The coastline is deeply indented by smaller fjords. Highest peak of Peary Land is Mara Mountain of Roosevelt Mountain Ra...

By Peter Prokosch

Peary Land, northernmost land in the world, Greenland Peary Land in the North of Greenland and with Oodaaq island is the northernmost land of the world. The coastline is deeply indented by smaller fjords. Highest peak of Peary Land is Mara Mountain of Roosevelt Mountain Ra...

By Peter Prokosch

Nuclear Icebreaker "Arctica", Murmansk, Russia Positioned at 69 ‐ 00.N; 33 ‐04.E, the port of Murmansk is the world's largest port located North of polar circle. It is situated on the Kola peninsula at the coast of Barents Sea. It is the most Northern nonfreezing po...

By Peter Prokosch

Adult and Juvenile Kittiwake on Sea Ice, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

Sea Ice Melting, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

Meltin Sea Ice with Ivory and Glaucous Gulls, North of Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus; Female) on melting Sea ice, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus; Female) on Sea ice, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Russia in 2009 declared the High Arctic archipelago Franz Josef Land, including a former nature reserve in the same area as well as the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya, as "Russian Arctic National Park". Its total area is...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

ivory Gull at Polar Beat Kill of Young Polar Bear, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park Remains of Young Polar Bear eaten by a Polar Bear; Ivory Gull, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic National Park

By Peter Prokosch

Dog sledding on sea ice in Greenland (video) Dog sledding is a mode of transport and a tradition dating back as far as the 10th Century in Greenland. Sled dog teams are usually made up of between 12-15 strong dogs.

By Lawrence Hislop

Snow mobile on melting ice, Greenland (Video) Locals in Uummannaq rely very strongly on traditional practices to catch seals, polar bears, walruses and whales. Hunting and fishing are the major industries here and locals make use of snow-mobiles and dog-sleds in ord...

By Lawrence Hislop

Kara Sea Coast with Sea Ice, Taimyr, Russia (July 1989) Much of the northernmost land and biodiversity of the Eurasian continent on the Siberian peninsular Taimyr is since 1993 protected within the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik), which once WWF helped to establish within t...

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier ice and sea ice, Antarctic Peninsula Unlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Glacier ice and sea ice, Adelie PenguinsAntarctic Peninsula Unlike the Arctic, which at its centre is an ocean, Antarctica is a landmass that is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. A permanent, massive ice sheet on Antarctica covers 98% of the continent and is containing the major ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d'Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 - 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent....

By Peter Prokosch

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