PHOTOS

Click the play but­ton to start each slideshow.  To expand the slideshow to full screen click the but­ton on the lower right hand cor­ner.  Once expanded to full screen, click the “show info” but­ton for a brief descrip­tion of each indi­vid­ual photo.  Check back reg­u­larly as new pho­tographs will be added on a reg­u­lar basis.

 

BIRDS IN THE HAND

While in the field our sci­en­tists work with approx­i­mately 25 dif­fer­ent species of birds.  Ques­tions we com­monly get include:  How big is it?  How do you catch them?  What do they look like up close?  Hope­fully these pho­tos will help answer those questions.  

LIFE IN THE FIELD

Pho­tos of our daily non-research activ­i­ties in the field.  From set­ting up tents to cook­ing din­ner, get an idea of what it is like to work in north­west Greenland.

SCENERY

North­west Green­land is one of the most scenic places on earth.  See pho­tos taken through­out the area as the sea­sons change. 

BIRDS IN THULE

Spec­tac­u­lar pho­tos of many of the bird species which occur in the Thule area.

WILDLIFE

Incred­i­ble pho­tos of the land and sea mam­mals that live in the Thule area.

PLANTS AND FLOWERS

Pho­tos of the many dif­fer­ent plants and flow­ers which live in the High Arctic.

LIFE AT THULE AIR BASE

What does it take to orga­nize and keep the field sea­son run­ning on sched­ule?  Take a look inside the logis­tics that go into mak­ing each field sea­son a success.