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Purple saxifrage is one of the first tundra plants to flower in the Arctic. Jens Munk Island, Nunavut, Canada. 1992

Purple Saxifrage plant with a lucky hit of reindeer droppings that will fertilise it for many years. Svalbard. Norway

Moss Campion growing on a rocky ledge in Adventdalen, summer in Spitsbergen

Moss campion, spider plant and Arctic mouse-ear chickweed grow by a rock. Spitsbergen

Svalbard Poppy, Papaver Dahlianum frames a view of Adventdalen. Svalbard

Yellow Arctic Poppies against a blue Arctic sky. Summer in North Greenland

White Arctic Bell Heather, Cassiope tetragona in flower. Svalbard

Entire leafed Arctic Avens, Dryas integrifolia. The flowers follow the sun. Greenland. 1980

Silky seed heads of Arctic Cotton Grass, Eriophorum scheuchzeri in the wind. Senyarinskiya. Siberia. 1997

Arctic Poppies, Papaver radicatumm with flowers that follow the sun, for early seed ripening. Arctic. 1980

Labrador Tea growing on Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada. 1992

The beautiful flowers of the Boreal Jacob's Ladder. Polemonium boreale. Svalbard

Hairy Lousewort, Pedicularis dasyantha, has thermal underwear of it own. Svalbard.

Insects are very important for pollinating flowers in the arctic, Arctic Avens. Svalbard.

Arctic willow. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Arctic Lychnis, Silene furcata angustiflora. flowering in Longyearbyen. Spitsbergen.

Paintbrush (Castilleja spp.), Bathurst Inlet, Barrenlands, Arctic Canada

Broken remains of a skull, half hidden in the labrador tea and blueberry plants Steward Ų, East Greenland.

Purple Saxifrage flowers amongst rocks on the lateral moraine by Ankerbreen in St Jonsfjorden. Spitsbergen.

Vegetation covers Thule culture house remains on Steward Ų, East Greenland.

Reindeer graze on the multicoloured summer tundra of grasses & sedges. Yamal Peninsula. Siberia

Pygmy Buttercup, Ranunculus pygmaeus, a tiny tundra plant. Spitsbergen.

Large patch of orange lichen, probably Elegant Orange, on a rock. Ymer O, Kejser Frans Joseph Fjord. North-East Greenland Natl Park.

A carpet of moss and scurvy grass, an antiscorbutic, below a bird cliff on Karl XII Oya, Northern Svalbard.

Exploding seed heads of Arctic willow with a piece of ancient, tiny tree trunk, long dead. North-east Greenland National Park. 2005

High Arctic mosses & plants on Champ Island. Franz Josef Land. 2004

Golden leaves of Arctic Willow in Autumn. Ellesmere Island, Canada. 1994

Moss Campion on summer tundra. Spitsbergen. Norway.

Saxifraga flagellaris, the spider plant. Runners radiate and rooting plants form there. Fell field Tundra. Spitsbergen

Autumn leaves of Arctic willow on curving groups of basalt columns. Vikingebugt Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland

Bearberry in autumn colour. Steward Ų, East Greenland.

Broadleaved Willowherb. Epilobium latifolium. Greenland. National flower of Greenland. 1980

Arctic lichens, mostly Cladonia, reindeer moss. Northern Yukon, Arctic Canada

Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), central Barrenlands, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

Woolly lousewort (Pedicularis lanata), Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada

Polar Poppy, Papaver polare, a cushion forming plant living on the edge. Franz Josef Land. Russian Arctic. 1998