Once upon a time in Antarctica, Jamie Coleman took this photograph. It reminds me of the calm days, when you can hear each drop of meltwater hitting the surface of the ocean. . It feels like blue sky forever … or at least for the next 20 minutes.
Is this north or south??? This photo is another clue from the same location I posted yesterday.
Ha ha!! Which pole? North or south?
Balance. As the nights get shorter for northerners they begin to lengthen down here in the Antarctic. We’ll see more and more of you, Moon. Photo by Eric Guth
It’s the details I love most.
Captain Leif Skog, best in the business. He guides the National Geographic Explorer through polar bear habitat — deeper and deeper into the ice. Photo by Eric Guth.
Early morning polar bear in Nunavut. Best way to start the day! Photo by Eric Guth.
Reflections of each other, ourselves, our wild neighbours. #meetthenorth #polarbears #polarbear #mammabear #arctic #seaice #nunavut #nunagram #lindbladexpeditions #reflections #lovetheworld #sharecangeo #arcticsummer #ice
A hallmark of the North, these tracks are unique to the Arctic. Thick fur around the feet brushes the snow and obscures each print. The path reaches out across the sea ice following clues we humans could never find. We are out on the frozen ocean and far from shore in all directions. Only the…
(Post 1 of 2) Hell Gate. 2 a.m. We have been traveling way north up the west coast of Ellesmere Island, but it’s time to go. The conditions that allowed us to be here are changing. First, the ice bridge that has been blocking the northern channel between Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg is breaking up,…