Tag: Nunavut

  • Polar bear in Bellot Strait

    Polar bear in Bellot Strait

    When crossing Bellot Strait, so narrow and so emblematic of the centuries-long search for the Northwest Passage, we came across this bear which seemed to be interested in mountain climbing (or those bird nests perched halfway up on the so-colourful rock).   Polar bear (Ursus maritimus, Ours polaire). Bellot Strait, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Blue ice in Resolute

    Blue ice in Resolute

    Resolute, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Many icebergs

    Many icebergs

    Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Ice front

    Ice front

    Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Icebergs abstract art

    Icebergs abstract art

    The icebergs ice is the opportunity for Nature to draw some elegant waves that we may be able to reproduce in a photo. An abstract form, a move, a few lines… Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Arctic tern

    Arctic tern

    Not easy to catch, a foggy day, shots that are more informative than eye-catching… Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea, Sterne arctique). Conningham Bay, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Red-throated loon

    Red-throated loon

    Look at that profile! Red-throated diver or red-throated loon (Gavia stellata, Plongeon catmarin, aussi appelé Plongeon à gorge rouge, Plongeon à gorge rousse, et au Québec Huart à gorge rousse). Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

  • Muskox – Close up

    Muskox – Close up

    Muskox is definitely hard to approach. Probably because it’s hunted in Canada by Inuits. Our fist encounter was with a corpse dried by time since it had died. Here, I learned several things that may not appear immediately obvious from photographs, that only immediate proximity can put in a brighter light: Morphologically speaking, muskox is…

  • Pairs of Glaucous Gulls

    Pairs of Glaucous Gulls

    Why did I shoot them two-by-two? What kind of inspiration is this? Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus, Goéland bourgmestre). Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.