Views of the Chilean Antarctic refuge hut Jorge Bonnen Rivera situated on Hut Point on the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Views of the Trinity Church at Belingshausen Russian Research Station, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Refuge on the east coast of Greenland, interior view, Fjrod, Norwegian flag, Greenland, Denmark, North America

A camper on the coastal plain, 1002 Area, of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge looks back towards the mountains, Alaska.

Caucasian woman in her 40's smiles as she digs deep with her paddle into the river, guiding her yellow packraft down the crystal clear Marsh Fork River, in the Brooks Range, on a sunny summer day, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, while another boat is in the background way behind her; Alaska, United States of America

Dehavilland Beaver taking off from tundra bush airstrip in late summer, with a caribou rack marking the end of the runway, Brooks Range, Upper Marsh Fork Valley, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Alaska, United States of America

One woman paddling, one floating their yellow packraft boats downriver towards man in blue boat in background on a sunny, summer day on the Marsh Fork river; Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Alaska, USA

A caribou rack lit up by the sun, marks the end of a remote bush airstrip in the Upper Marsh Fork Valley, Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Alaska, United States of America

Woman wearing a red rain coat walks on the tundra towards the setting late summer sun in the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Alaska, United States of America

Green backpacking tent set up on the tundra with mountain in background on a sunny summer day in the Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR); Alaska, USA

Two caucasian women walk barefoot across a creek with moss in it towards the other shore where a man is waiting for them on a sunny summer day in the Brooks Range, Marsh Fork Valley, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Alaska, United States of America

Caucasian woman wearing red drysuit, drags her yellow packraft down a shallow braid of the Marsh Fork river, while a caucasian man wearing orange drysuit paddles a blue boat downriver, through the Brooks Range mountains, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska on a sunny summer day; Alaska, United States of America

Aerial View Of The Brooks Range In Summer, Anwr, Arctic Alaska

Aerial View Of The Brooks Range In Summer, Anwr, Arctic Alaska

Aerial View Of The Brooks Range In Summer, Anwr, Alaska

Aerial View Of The Brooks Range In Summer, Anwr, Alaska

Aerial View Of The Brooks Range In Summer, Anwr, Arctic Alaska

Snowshoe hare, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA

Hardy arctic wildflowers grow only a few inches high in order to reduce exposure to the moisture-robbing winds, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA

Hardy arctic wildflowers grow only a few inches high in order to reduce exposure to the moisture-robbing winds, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USAArctic National Wildlife Refuge, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA

Aufeis refers to ice that builds up in layers over arctic rivers. Windblown sediments collect on top of the aufeis frozen surface, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA

Caribou, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska USA

A shard of aufeis reaches toward the arctic sky, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Brooks Range, Alaska, USA

Caribou, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA

Polar Bear( Ursus maritimus ), along a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Every fall, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) gather near Kaktovik on the northern edge of ANWR, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Polar Bear( Ursus maritimus ) walking along a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Every fall, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) gather near Kaktovik on the northern edge of ANWR, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Polar Bear( Ursus maritimus ) walking along a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Every fall, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) gather near Kaktovik on the northern edge of ANWR, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Polar Bear( Ursus maritimus ),near the water edge along a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Every fall, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) gather near Kaktovik on the northern edge of ANWR, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Polar Bear( Ursus maritimus ) near by the bones pile, carcass of Bow whales hunt by the villagers, along a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Every fall, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) gather near Kaktovik on the northern edge of ANWR, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Polar Bear( Ursus maritimus ) walking along a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Every fall, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) gather near Kaktovik on the northern edge of ANWR, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Polar Bear( Ursus maritimus ) female and cub resting at sunset along a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Every fall, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) gather near Kaktovik on the northern edge of ANWR, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Polar Bear( Ursus maritimus ), along a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Every fall, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) gather near Kaktovik on the northern edge of ANWR, Barter Island, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska