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At last it’s time for #SuperbOwl Sunday. Here is a juvenile Snowy Owl takes off. #Nunavut #arctic #WildlifePhotography #Birding

A young Snowy Owl takes off from a hummock on the tundra. Its outstretched wings are mostly white with dark brown spots. Its body and head are brown downy feathers. Its eyes are piercing yellow and its legs and feet are covered in feathers.

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Last one for #SuperbOwl Sunday. Owls (and other Arctic Predators, avian and mammal) use rises and hummocks to scan for prey, using the same spots year after year. Their waste and remains of prey fertilize the spot and the plants grow taller there than the surrounding tundra. Here a juvenile Snowy peers at me from such a spot. #Nunavut #Arctic #WildlifePhotography #Birding

A juvenile Snowy Owl looks at me from a spot on the tundra. Taller reddish orange grasses grow in the spot and fall coloured red Prickly Saxifrage. The owl has intense yellow eyes with large black pupils and is mottled brown and white.

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Throwback to summer. I’ve applied for some funding to upgrade my drone so here’s a shot with my Mavic 2 Pro. A panorama of Qajuutinnguaq down Adams Sound from home. #Nunavut #Arctic #LandscapePhotography #Drone

A river runs through a high valley of tundra. It then goes over two sets of falls before flowing into a calm blue fjord. Blue skies with high white clouds.

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In an ATV trip to Innaaluup Nuvua last summer we stopped at the top of this magnificent valley above Innaarulaalikuluk and Admiralty Inlet. #Nunavut #Arctic #LandscapePhotography

A panorama from a top of a wide sweeping valley that leads down to the Arctic Ocean. The sides of the valley are fluted with gullies and richly coloured in browns and greens. Some snow remains a long the edges of the valley. The blue sky is dotted with small clouds and the low Sun casts a golden glow along the horizon. Ice remains on the ocean.

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Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmussen was born #OTD in 1879.

He went on his first expedition in 1902–1904, known as The Danish Literary Expedition, with Jørgen Brønlund, Harald Moltke and Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, to examine Inuit culture and traditions. Rasmussen is best known for leading the Thule Expeditions, a series of seven major expeditions between 1912 and 1933.

Books by Knud Rasmussen at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/33593

#books #literature #arctic #anthropology

Some of the five participants of The Literary Greenland Expedition, Danish expedition to Greenland 1902-1904: Harald Moltke, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Knud Rasmussen, Alfred Bertelsen, and Jørgen Brønlund (+ Osaqaq).

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🚨 Sea ice across the Hudson Bay (Canada) is observing a historic spring with record early losses of #Arctic sea ice...

Each line represents one year from 1979 (purple) to 2023 (white). 2024 is in red. Data from the NSIDC using the passive microwave satellite record.

Line graph time series showing daily Arctic sea ice extent in the Hudson Bay for 2024 compared to each year from 1979 to 2023. There is a large seasonal cycle on this graph and a long-term decreasing trend for days during the melt season from June to December.

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Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was born #OTD in 1872.

Following a failed attempt in 1918 to reach the North Pole by traversing the Northeast Passage on the ship Maud, Amundsen began planning for an aerial expedition instead. On 12 May 1926, Amundsen & 15 other men in the airship Norge became the first explorers verified to have reached the North Pole. He disappeared in June 1928 while flying on a rescue mission for the airship Italia in the Arctic.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1189

#arctic #explorer

Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) in fur skins.

Amundsen is dressed in heavy fur clothing, which was typical of polar explorers of his time, designed to protect against the extreme cold of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. His expression is serious and focused, with a look of steadfast resolve that reflects his experience and dedication to exploration.

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Alaska and vicinity seasonal 50-year temperature changes (ºF) updated through autumn 2024, all in one graphic for your convenience. A whole lot of warming going on. #Alaska #ClimateChange #akwx #Arctic @Climatologist49

Four-panel graphic showing the change in average temperature 1975-2024 for winter (top left), spring (top right), summer (bottom left) and autumn (bottom right). except for an area in the southeast Interior in spring, all of Alaska has warmed in all seasons.

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Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889–1982)—author, poet, film-maker, botanist, #arctic explorer—was born #OTD, 30 May. A 🎂 🧵

WalkHighlands shares an extract from PEAK BEYOND PEAK, describing how she tackled the Corrieyairack Pass between the #Cairngorms & Loch Ness

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https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/peak-beyond-peak-the-unpublished-scottish-journeys-of-isobel-wylie-hutchison/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #hillwalking #mountaineering

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When the North and South polar regions get together ...

#Tariffs #USA #PolarAlliance #Penguins #PolarBears #Seals #Orca #Arctic #Antarctic #HandsOff

A meeting of various Arctic and Antarctic animals on a snow-covered plain with a few large rocks.

The animals are an orca, an elephant seal, a "little penguin" a polar bear, an adélie penguin, a crested penguin, a fur seal, a walrus, and an emperor penguin.

They are gathered around an ice table on a rock, with the orca in a hole in the ice. They are all looking at the camera and waving. The crested, adélie, and little penguins, being small, are standing on the tabletop. Above the walrus is a sign made of a large block of ice on a pole with "Hands Off" carved into it. On the table is a brass desk plaque that reads "Polar Alliance". At the top of the image is the word "Tariffs?"

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Adam Steer is a polar researcher posting interesting videos from the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as other topics. You can follow at:

➡️ @adam_steer

There are already 11 videos uploaded, if these haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/adam_steer/videos

You can also follow Steer's general account at @adamsteer

#FeaturedPeerTube #Polar #Arctic #Antarctic #NorthPole #SouthPole #PeerTube #PeerTubers

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#Greenland handed a 30-year #mining permit to a Danish-French mining group aiming to extract a moon-like rock that could offer a #climate-friendly alternative in aluminium production.

The #Arctic island rich in #minerals, #oil & #NaturalGas, & long seen as a potential resource frontier, has drawn international attention since #Trump expressed an interest in *purchasing* [conquering] it earlier this year.

#geopolitics #Denmark #France #US
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/greenland-gives-danish-french-group-permit-mine-rock-with-green-potential-wake-2025-05-21/

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