Tag: Photo
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Birds of Prince Leopold Island 3/3
An island, a cliff, tens of thousands of nesting birds. This is the opportunity to shoot a few nice pictures, even if the sheer number makes it more difficult, not simpler. Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia, Guillemot de Brünnich). Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla, Mouette tridactyle). Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
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Birds of Prince Leopold Island 2/3
An island, a cliff, tens of thousands of nesting birds. This is the opportunity to shoot a few nice pictures, even if the sheer number makes it more difficult, not simpler. Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus, Goéland bourgmestre). Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia, Guillemot de Brünnich). Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla, Mouette tridactyle). Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut, Canada.…
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Neighbours bickering on Prince Leopold Island cliffs
When tens of thousands of birds nest on the same cliff face, conflicts cannot be fully avoided. But when your neighbour needs to literally trample your own bed to reach his room, shouting is soon not enough. It seems kittiwakes are permanently bickering. This could be easily understood from the fact there is limited space to…
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Birds of Prince Leopold Island 1/3
An island, a cliff, tens of thousands of nesting birds. This is the opportunity to shoot a few nice pictures, even if the sheer number makes it more difficult, not simpler. Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus, Goéland bourgmestre). Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia, Guillemot de Brünnich). Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla, Mouette tridactyle). Prince Leopold Island, Nunavut, Canada.…
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Sunset at Iqaluit
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
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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.
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Blue ice in Resolute
Resolute, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
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Many icebergs
Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
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Ice front
Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.