Tag: svalbard
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...
Cracked Tundra, Ny Alesund
Cracked Tundra, Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. Cracked Tundra, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.
Siberian driftwood, Ny-Alesund
Driftwood, probably from Siberian forests on the beach at Ny-Alesund, Kongsfjord, Svalbard - where there are no trees
View of the mountains across the Adventfjordren from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen
View of the mountains across the Adventfjorden from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard View of the mountains across the Adventfjordren from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography. View of the mountains across the Adventfjordren from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. Fine art prints available.
Snowing on the sunset at the mouth of Isfjord, Svalbard
Snowing on the sunset at the mouth of Isfjord, Spitsbergen, in the Norwegian archipelego of Svalbard.
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a repository of millions of seeds from around the world, stored here in case of disaster, disease, or war.