• Reindeer on migration in the northern Komi Republic
    Reindeer migrating in late Spring, Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Pic: Otto Habeck
  • Draught reindeer with sledge
    Nenets and Komi reindeer husbandry is dependent on reindeer for transportation. Pic: Otto Habeck, Nenets Autonomous Okrug
  • Ponds resulting from thawing permafrost in the Yamal Peninsula in northwest Siberia
    Ponds resulting from thawing permafrost in the Yamal Peninsula in northwest Siberia captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 27 August 2018.
  • Lakes on central Yamal, Western Siberia. Pic: Annett Bartsch
    The Yamal Peninsula: Permafrost, lakes, tundra, reindeer and people Pic: Annett Bartsch, 2015
  • Copernicus Sentinel-2 acquisition from central Yamal from winter 2016 (data source: ESA) and ALOS-2 PALSAR from winter 2016 (data source JAXA).
    Copernicus Sentinel-2 acquisition from central Yamal from winter 2016 (data source: ESA) and ALOS-2 PALSAR from winter 2016 (data source JAXA). The lakes are covered with ice and snow. Visible circular patterns can occur in Arctic lakes. (data preparation by b.geos)
  • Copernicus satellite imagery of Yamal penisula
    Image credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2016), processed by b.geos.
  • Open water and sea ice from the deck of an icebreaker
    Open water and sea ice pictured in the Arctic Ocean from the icebreaker ‘Kapitan Dranitsyin’. Pic: Julienne Stroeve.
  • Sea ice forming
    Broken sea ice pictured in the Arctic Ocean from the icebreaker ‘Kapitan Dranitsyin’. Pic: Julienne Stroeve.
  • Sun low on the horizon from the icebreaker
    Unbroken sea ice pictured in the Arctic Ocean from the icebreaker ‘Kapitan Dranitsyin’. Pic: Julienne Stroeve.
  • Sea ice pictured from the stern of an icebreaker
    Sea ice pictured in the Arctic Ocean from the stern of the icebreaker ‘Kapitan Dranitsyin’. Pic: Julienne Stroeve.
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