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Delighted to find this very hardy windflower (Anemone parviflora) blooming in a gravelly area alongside the road.
More common north of the Arctic Circle, where they burst into bloom before the snow is even completely gone.
Surprise, surprise, Arctic Terns like hanging out in the Arctic Circle. So I was able to take numerous shots. I especially like the ones taken with flowers in the background.
This is one of my favorite Tern shots: a Tern turning. A few seconds after they dive, while flying forward, they turn their head upside down to shake off the water from their body - similar to a dog shaking off water.
You really can't see the water spray when it happens. Here's where the magic of the camera comes into play. Thank you Canon!
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
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Good Stewards of Nature
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I'd rather have them perched on a guano covered rock, eyeing me suspiciously, than trying to drill a hole in my head......
Arctic tern,
Arctic terns travel an estimated 2.4 million km (1.491 million miles) in their lifetimes, migrating from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back They are long lived (over 30 years) and it is estimated that in their lifetime they would have flown the equivalent of three round trips to the moon. How amazing is that.
This male is in breeding colours displaying his bright red beak.
Taken in Iceland, June 2025
Being near wildlife over an extended period of time builds a trust between the subject and the photographer. After visiting an Arctic Fox den for a few weeks, the kits became accustomed to the clicking of the photographer's camera. In this photo, this kit was sleeping while the photographer sat about 10 feet away. When he awoke, he simply looked at the camera a few moments, stretched and walked off into his den.
The Arctic fox, also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. It is well adapted to living in cold environments
Sterna paradisaea preening
Inner Farne, Northumberland
Arctic Terns, also known as sea swallows, migrate to the their breeding grounds on the Farne Islands, flying between the UK and the Antarctic every summer.
One of my most amazing encounter was with this Red-Necked Phalarope on an early near white Arctic morning. These guys came pretty close to us and it was really fun photographing them.
There is an amazing diversity in arctic plants, all minature-sized compared to their counterparts further south. Here is a colourful example from a south facing slope in late summer, Danmark Ø, Scoresby Sund, East Greenland.
05/08/2020 www.allenfotowild.com
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth. It marks the northernmost point at which the center of the noon sun is just visible on the December solstice and the southernmost point at which the center of the midnight sun is just visible on the June solstice. The region north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to the south is called the Northern Temperate Zone.
As seen from the Arctic, the Sun is above the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year (and therefore visible at midnight) and below the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year (and therefore not visible at noon). This is also true in the Antarctic region, south of the equivalent Antarctic Circle.
The position of the Arctic Circle is not fixed and currently runs 66°33′48.5″ north of the Equator. Its latitude depends on the Earth's axial tilt, which fluctuates within a margin of more than 2° over a 41,000-year period, owing to tidal forces resulting from the orbit of the Moon. Consequently, the Arctic Circle is currently drifting northwards (shrinking) at a speed of about 15 m (49 ft) per year.
Arctic roseroot magically thriving on rocky outcroppings, Thompson Pass near Valdez Alaska.
Arctic roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) grows in wild Arctic regions of Alaska and Canada, Europe and Asia.
A lot of arctic terns spend their summers in the harbour by Drangsnes and they seem to mellow out in temper as autumn approaches (when their chicks are more grown). At least I got pretty close to them without fear of getting a hole in the head...
Somewhere along the shore of Kvaløa island, shortly after sunrise - at 10am - a wonderful arctic sun illuminated this abandoned farmstead
Bathurst Inlet basalt sill atop carbonate limestone formation, Nunavut, Canada. North-facing view.
White beach, black mesa and blue Arctic Ocean.
Great location in need of a High Arctic castle.
Flat sill is tiny portion of 5000 km-long 718 Ma Franklin Magmatic event running from west to east along Canada's northern coastline. The horizontal sill was intruded at depth underground. Several km of overlying rock formations have since been eroded away.