Svalbard march-2011
The travel to Svalbard was this time done together with my son Mats and Mattis. What a great time we had ! Here we have lunch near Tunabreen glacier. Stranded icebergs can sometime act as reflecting prisms. See the “Ice & Snow” gallery for more new images. Prior to an […]
A journey to the white land of arctic Canada
MEMORIES FROM A JOURNEY TO THE WHITE LAND OF ARCTIC CANADA Foreword Arctic Canada with its archipelago is the biggest high arctic area on earth. For thousands of years it has been inhabited by inuits,- specialists of human survival in the extreme cold climate of this land. For centuries […]
The last Kayak-men
A glimpse into the past. …the harpoon run through the air, and plunges the razor sharp point into the back of the narwhal. “Mattaq” shouts the Polar Eskimo Mamarut Kristiansen enthusiastic… – We are in Thule District, an outskirt of the north western corner of Greenland, -close to Canada`s Ellesmere […]
Tunu,- the backside of Greenland
Foreword Tunu is the inuit word for the “Back Side”, and it is not the dark side that is ment, but the word for “The Other Side”,- or the side of Greenland were very few people live, -the east coast. The inuits living there are called Tunumiuts. The east coast […]
Svalbard in winter landscape
A story about a trip to east-Spitsbergen, Svalbard Svalbard Northwards again. The date is April 2nd, and the plane has just departed from Stavanger, Norway. It is a short year since I last time was on Svalbard. This high arctic archipelago was officially discovered by the dutchman Willem Barents in […]
Publications
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OVER PUBLISHED WORK: Books: – “The Arctic” (2019), Dr. Richard Sale, Per Michelsen. Whittles Publishing. Review from Daily Mail news – “Wildlife of the Arctic” (2018), Dr. Richard Sale, Per Michelsen. Princeton University Press (US version). – “Wildlife of the Arctic (2018). Dr. Richard Sale, Per Michelsen. William Collins […]
Sales & Services
SALES Purchase of images: All images in the library can be purchased, as digital files or prints. For image identification please use the 4 digit code prior to the text for each individual image. All prices are ex. VAT. DIGITAL FILES: To be […]
Who & About
Arctic Images (arcticimages.com) is own & managed by Per Michelsen, Stavanger, Norway Per Michelsen at Hood River, Nunavut, Canada July 2004. The intention with this Web Site is to show the Arctic World with all its beauty to the public, and make its images wide spread.
