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.
Writer, photographer, environmental campaigner and "known troublemaker" Dave Walsh is the founder of Blather.net, described both as "possibly the most arrogant and depraved website to be found either side of the majestic Shannon River", and "the nicest website circulating in Ireland". Half Irishman, half-bicycle. He lives in southern Irish city of Barcelona.