Month: June 2010
Common Eider Duck, Somateria mollissima
Eider drake stands on a roadway outside Longyearbyen, while craning its neck to vocalise its oh-oooo call. Common Eider Duck, Somateria mollissima, at the dog yard outside Longyearbyen, on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The eider nest between two enclosures of sled dogs on the outskirts of Longyearbyen, where the eggs are safe from the arctic fox, which is too scared to come close to the howling dogs. Common Eider Duck, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography. Eider drake stands on a roadway outside Longyearbyen, while craning its neck to vocalise its oh-oooo call. Common Eider Duck, Somateria mollissima, at the dog yard outside Longyearbyen, on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The eider nest between two enclosures of sled dogs on the outskirts of Longyearbyen, where the eggs are safe from the arctic fox, which is too scared to come close to the howling dogs. Picture made during...
Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, Ny Alesund
Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, preparing to mate and nest in the Arctic scientific research village of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography. Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, preparing to mate and nest in the Arctic scientific research village of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010.
Arctic Terns, sterna paradisea, Ny Alesund
Arctic Terns, sterna paradisea, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography. Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, preparing to mate and nest in the Arctic scientific research village of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. Two Arctic Terns, sterna paradisea, perched near the dog yard Ny Alesund, Svalbard. These terns migrate more than any other species bird - up to 35,000km per year for some birds, as the travel to Antarctica and back, and can enjoy two polar summers. Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010.
Arctic Terns kissing, sterna paradisea, Ny Alesund
Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, preparing to mate and nest in the Arctic scientific research village of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. Arctic Terns, sterna paradisea, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography. Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, preparing to mate and nest in the Arctic scientific research village of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010.
Purple sandpiper, Ny Alesund
Purple sandpiper, caldiris maritma, on the beach, at Ny Alesund, Svalbard.
Ivory Gull perched above seal meat
Ivory gull, pagophila eburnea, perched above a rack of dried seal meat at the dog yard, Ny-Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.
Male Snow Bunting, Svalbard
Male Snow Bunting on tundra, with coal fragments from old coalmine at Ny-Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Male Snow Bunting, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography. Male Snow Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, on tundra, with coal fragments from old coalmine at Ny-Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
Svalbard Reindeer, Ny-Alesund
Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. There's about 10,000 Svalbard reindeer, a small subspecies of mainland European reindeer, and are endemic to Svalbard. They are not domesticated, and are not owned by anyone. Svalbard Reindeer, Ny-Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography. Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. There's about 10,000 Svalbard reindeer, a small subspecies of mainland European reindeer, and are endemic to Svalbard. They are not domesticated, and are not owned by anyone.
Cracked Tundra, Ny Alesund
Cracked Tundra, Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. Cracked Tundra, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.
Seal in the harbour at Ny-Alesund
Seal, probably Harbour Seal, in the harbout at Ny-Alesund Seal in the harbout at Ny-Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography. Seal, probably Ringed Seal, in the harbour at Ny-Alesund