Tundra

Information on Tundra & Permafrost

The Matachingay River valley in autumn colour with mountains of the Chukotsky Range in the background in late afternoon light. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

The Matachingay River valley with mountains of the Chukotsky Range in the background in evening light. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

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

Newly hatched arctic tern chick (Sterna paradisaea) with the egg tooth still visible, Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic

Tundra, Aulavik National Park, patterned ground and tundra ponds. Northern Banks Island, NWT, Arctic Canada

Muskoxen in autumn coloured tundra, East Greenland

Arctic Fox in summer pelage being attacked by an Arctic Tern. AEkongen, Svalbard

Moss Campion on summer tundra. Spitsbergen. Norway.

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

Cow Muskoxen being followed through autumn tundra vegetation by a bull, Scoresbysund. East Greenland

Cow Musk ox being followed through autumn tundra vegetation by an interested bull, Scoresbysund. East Greenland

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

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

Bearberry in autumn colour. Steward Ø, East Greenland.

Aerial view of tundra, lakes & boreal forest in the Purovsky Region of the Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia

Glacial erratic perched on the tundra at Blomstrandhalvoya, Purple Saxifrage flowers nearby. Spitsbergen.

Adult bull muskox, Ovibos moschatus, crossing a shallow tundra lake, Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada.

A herd of reindeer grazing at their winter pastures on the tundra near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

A Saami reindeer herd on the tundra at their winter pastures near Kautokeino. Finnmark, North Norway. 2007

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

Bull Musk Ox stays close to one of his cows during the autumn rut. East Greenland. 2005

Bands of sorted stones run downhill, caused by frost and solifluction. Hurry Inlet. East Greenland. 2005

Tourists on an Esker with the mountains of Greenland's interior on the horizon. Traill Ø. North-east Greenland National Park. 2005

Light catches an area of solifluction and erosion in the Dombrava River Valley. Hurry Inlet. Scoresbysund. East Greenland. 2005

A birch tree covered in hoar frost and snow on the tundra near Lovozero in the winter time. Murmansk, NW Russia. 2005