Grise Fjord, most northern community in America, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Adult Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) grazing within the town limits of Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

A large stand of Arctic cotton (Eriophorum callitrix) in Denali National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) foraging in Denali National Park, Alaska, United States of America

Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) in flight in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

A close up view of a beetle on hogweed (Heracleum spp) found in the Solovetsky Islands, Arkhangelsk Oblast, White Sea, Russia, Arctic, Europe

Greenland National Museum, Nuuk, capital of Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), on multi-year ice floes off the eastern coast of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard, Norway

Olof Heikka a sami reindeer herdsman on his paramotor

Olof Heikka a sami reindeer herdsman on his paramotor. Lapland

Local Inuit man, in freezer house. Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Nunavik, Canada, North America .Everything from Arctic Char (fish) to Reindeer, Polarbear and whale meat is stored in the freezer house, in which certain town members can access and store hunted foods and skins.

Olof Heikka a sami reindeer herdsman on his paramotor

Local inuit man, in freezer house pointing to Polar Bear skins. Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Nunavik, Canada, North America .Everything from Arctic Char (fish) to Reindeer, Polarbear and whale meat is stored in the freezer house, in which certain town members can access and store hunted foods and skins. Polar bears often come into the local communities, if one is a persistent threat, they will kill it. Individuals can also hunt polar bears on quota.

Olof Heikka a sami reindeer herdsman on his paramotor

An Inuit shop selling seal and whale meat in Ilulissat on Greenland, Polar Regions

Local Inuit performing Kayak demonstration in arctic water. Sisimiut, Holsteinsborg, Qeqqata Municipality, Greenland (Denmark), North America

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus, Bubo scandiaca, Nyctea scandiaca), male, portrait, native to northern Europe, Siberia, Greenland and North America, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus, Bubo scandiaca, Nyctea scandiaca), male, portrait, native to northern Europe, Siberia, Greenland and North America, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Historic Inuit house from the Thule culture made out of whale bones, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic

Historic remains of a Inuit house from the Thule culture, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Canada, Arctic

Northern Lights, Aurora borealis over red house, Inuit settlement, Winter, Tasiilaq, East Greenland, Greenland, North America

Northern Lights, Aurora borealis over houses, Inuit settlement, Winter, Tasiilaq, East Greenland, Greenland, North America

Inuit driving a snowmobil, Nuiqsut, on the coast of the Arctic Ocean in the far north of Alaska

Detail View Of The Interior Of An Umiak Skin Boat, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

A Barrow Resident On An Atv Stops At A Above Ground Utilities Bridge, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

Detail View Of The Interior Of An Umiak Skin Boat, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

Native Alaskan Youth On A Snowmachine Towing Another On Sled, City Of Barrow In The Background, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

View Of The Interior Of An Umiak Skin Boat, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

A White Umiak Skin Boat Sits On Skids On The Sea Ice With A Flag Flying Above The Boat, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

Young boy with freshly caught Arctic Char, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut