An ulu sits on Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) muktuk from a whale taken by Inupiat hunters in the village of Kaktovik on the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska
Butchering implements sit on Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) muktuk from a whale taken by Inupiat hunters in the village of Kaktovik on the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska
A snow capped unamed peak in the Philip Smith Mountains stands over the Arctic tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in brilliant autumn color at sunset
Tall fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) one of the first plants to grow in fire succession, blankets an area of black spruce forest that was burned during the epic fire season of 2004 in the northern boreal forest of Alaska