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A few impressions of memorable encounters with the local fauna.
Ermine (
Mustela erminea
)
Ooops, the click of the camera!
Uhm, are you dangerous?
Can I eat you?
Peary Caribou near Crusoe Camp, 2008 (
Rangifer tarandus pearyi
)
Male Peary Caribou near Little Matterhorn
An impressive animal!
A heard of muskox from the air (
Ovibos moschatus
)
Arctic hare near MARS camp in 1977 (
Lepus arcticus
)
Arctic hare (2008)
Arctic wolf near Crusoe camp (
Canis lupus arctos
)
Coming closer... (2008)
An arctic wolf at MARS camp in 1977
Whose territory is this?
Wolf-napping
Close encounter of the arctic kind
Glaucous Gull (
Larus hyperboreus
)
Gull attack...
...again and again
Brant Geese, pale-bellied population (
Branta bernicla
)
Brant Geese marching back and forth)
Ptarmigan (
Lagopus mutal
)
Ptarmingan camouflage
Turnstone (
Arenaria interpres
)
Red Knot (
Calidris camutus
)
Snow Bunting (
Plectrophenax nivalis
)
Baby Snow Bunting (
Chamerion latifolium (L.) Holub
)
This baby Red Knot did not make it...
Photos Jürg Alean;
special thanks to Spencer Hardy.
Updated: 05.11.2008 · ©
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