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North Pole Photographs

Live from the North Pole! - See most recent and historical photos and information dating back to the first deployment in 2002 Summer sea ice transition since 2002 Darkness, Daylight and changing of the Seasons at the North Pole Robert Peary North Pole Expedition, making measurements through the sea ice in 1909 North Pole Explorer Robert Peary in the Arctic

Rainbow seen by Camera 2 (July 5, 2010). Click image to see larger version. Latest images are here.

Arctic photographs and images

• Barrow Observatory Live Camera - located near Barrow, AK
• First International Polar Year Documentary Image Collection
• Galleries of Cruise Photos from the Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA)
  • 2004 Expedition (Leg 1 Berilng Sea; Leg 2 Bering Strait through the Herald Canyon (Chukchi Sea-Arctic Ocean)
  • Fish of the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea
  • Photos in memory of and taken by Igor Lavrenov during RUSALCA 2004
  • 2008 Expedition to the Bering and Chukchi Seas (Arctic Ocean)
  • 2009 Expedition to the Bering Strait and Pacific side of the Arctic Ocean
• Field Notes and photos from the Freshwater Switchyard of the Arctic Ocean - from the University of Washington Polar Science Center
• Cruise Photos from the Russian-American (RUSALCA) Initial Expedition to the Bering and Chukchi Seas (Arctic Ocean), July 23 - September 6, 2004
• Images at the Arctic Circle from Jack McSherry's Arctic Website
• Winter Arctic Field Party photos from NOAA Photo Library
• Fish of the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea from RUSALCA
• Arctic Webcams provided on a website from Greenland
• Photos from the Edge of the Arctic Shelf from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
• Gallery of marine and polar photographs from the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
• Arctic sunrise and sun pillar - NOAA Photo Library
• Arctic - spring 1949 - NOAA Photo Library
• Winter Sunset - from the NOAA Photo Library
• Sun pillar as sun rises over Arctic plain - NOAA Photo Library
• Late summer sunset in the Beaufort Sea - NOAA Photo Library
• Red sunset and frozen tundra - NOAA Photo Library
• Late summer sunset - NOAA Photo Library
• Launches silhouetted in late summer sunset - NOAA Photo Library
• Bering Sea sunset - NOAA Photo Library
• Spring melt at the sea ice landing strip at Oliktok Point, Alaska
• Hazan Plateau Picture Gallery
• Ice Floes in the North Bering Sea
• Ice Floes in the North Bering Sea
• Pancake Ice in the Bering Sea
• Edge of the Ice Pack in the North Bering Sea
• Collecting fresh water from ice berg Pools of fresh water collect on top of melting ice bergs
• Unusual 4 inch ice crystal
• Winter Sea Ice in the Beaufort Sea
• Flying over the lagoon ice at Tigvariak Island
• Ice along the shore of Cross Island, Alaska North Slope at sunset
• Sea Ice in the Beaufort Sea
• Ice at Cross Island, Alaska North Slope in Summer
• Portage Glacier, 1500 feet above the Ice from 1914
• Baseline measurements on lagoon ice, Alaska North Slope
• Helicopter supporting ocean CTD measurements through the ice
• Ice berg in the Beaufort Sea
• Sunset on melting ice of the Beaufort Sea in the Spring
• First sign of the spring melt is a stream in the ice (Alaska North Slope)
• Arctic Pictures from Hornsund, Spitsbergen
• Arctic Images from Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson/www.arctic-images.com
• Arctic Submarine Laboratory Scrapbook
• Arctic sketches from the days of the early explorers from the National Archives and Records Administration
• Collection of photograhs from the NOAA Corps in the Arctic
• Northern Lights, Arctic atmospheric clouds and other atmospheric phenomena
• Japanese Artic Photographic Gallery from JAMSTEC
• Polar and marine photos from the Russian Arctic and Antarctic research Institute
• Arctic Circle Art and Photography
• Glacier and Ice Photo Gallery from the National Snow and Ice Data Center
• Contemporary and historical Arctic photographs from the Danish Polar Center
• Image galleries from the Polar Circle
• Historical Eskimo photographs (See Vol 20) - from Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's 'The North American Indian': the Photographic Images, 2001. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html (Library of Congress)
• Arctic photographs from Bryan and Cherry Alexander
• Arctic photographs from Cam Stock Photo
• Arctic images from Fotosearch
• A Tour of the Cryosphere - animation from NASA
• New! Sovereignty, Defense, and Discovery - Users are guided through the northern excursions represented in its Photographic Archives from the Arctic Institute of North America
• Gallery of Permafrost images
  

Animal photographs, images and information

• New! Polar Bear Photos by Kathy Crane
• Polar bear photo gallery
• Arctic wolf photo gallery
• Images of Dog Sleds from Jack McSherry's Arctic Website
• Arctic Animal Stamps
• Arctic Wildlife Portfolio - Smithsonian Institution
• Arctic Animals
• Arctic Animals and their distribution in different countries in the Arctic
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• The Swedish-Finnish Arctic Fox Project with photos of adult and baby foxes
• Arctic Bird Library from UNEP/WCMC -Click on the species to see photo and information
• Walruses From PBS
• Arctic Submarine Laboratory - Critters around the Camp
• Excellent gallery of images from the National Marine Mammals Laboratory

Whale photographs

• Killer whale coming up through the ice
• Killer whale cruising the edge of the ice pack, hunting for seals
• Rescuing a gray whale trapped in the ice in the Beaufort Sea

Seal and walrus photographs

• Walrus on the ice in the Bering Sea
• Large walrus on the ice in the Bering Sea
• Walrus on the Bering Sea Ice
• Spotted seal pup on the Bering Sea ice
• Bearded seal seal on the Bering Sea ice
• Ribbon seal seal on the Bering Sea ice
• Northern fur seal
• Fur seals on the ice in the Bering Sea

Ships and Boats

• Navy landing ship used for supplies, frozen in the ice, 1948
• Poling a small boat through the Ice Floes in the Beaufort Sea
• Working a small boat through the Ice of Glacier Bay in 1907
• NOAA Ship Surveyer in Pack Ice in the Bering Sea
• Helicopter landing on the NOAA Ship Surveyer in the Arctic Pack Ice
• Small boat in Southeast Alaska (approximately 1930)
• NOAA ship Surveyer working its way through the ice in the Bering Sea
• Ship in Aleutian Islands with moderate icing
• Vessel Icing photographs
• Arctic Submarine Laboratory Photo Collection from the U.S. Navy
• Ships and Ice from the NOAA Photo Library

Ice Pictures

• New! Ice Photos taken on NOAA Research Cruises - from the Miller Freeman website
• Winter sea ice terrain of the Beaufort Sea
• A congealed old ice pressure ridge
• Barter Island Ice Camp, Alaska North Slope
• Drifting Snow at Oliktok Point Camp, Alaska North Slope
• Iceberg frozen in pack ice
• Stream flowing on the ice in the spring melt
• Edge of the pack ice
• Edge of the pack ice
• Iceberg
• Iceberg
• Iceberg
• Bergy bits (little iceberg chunks) the size of houses
• Collecting fresh water on top of an iceberg
• Repeat photographs of Alaska Glaciers from the National Snow and Ice Data Center

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More Photos and Info:

• New! Bering Sea Photos -animals, fish, seals, walruses, sea lions, birds, history, ships, helicopters, scenery, and ice pictures
• Barents Region Photos - from the Barents Portal website
• Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystem
• North Pacific Ocean
• Arctic data rescue

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