Nunavut

A few bears from the Great North

The polar bears were found in the North of Nunavut, Canada, in August 2016. There were a few beluga whale…

Musk ox is assuredly a weird animal. They look a bit like a bison, but they are much smaller. As…

Conningham Bay, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

Already a few days ago, I had shown this great brid, the red-throated loon in flight, because it is a marvelously…

An island, a cliff, tens of thousands of nesting birds. This is the opportunity to shoot a few nice pictures,…

An island, a cliff, tens of thousands of nesting birds. This is the opportunity to shoot a few nice pictures,…

When tens of thousands of birds nest on the same cliff face, conflicts cannot be fully avoided. But when your…

An island, a cliff, tens of thousands of nesting birds. This is the opportunity to shoot a few nice pictures,…

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

When crossing Bellot Strait, so narrow and so emblematic of the centuries-long search for the Northwest Passage, we came across this…

Resolute, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.

The icebergs ice is the opportunity for Nature to draw some elegant waves that we may be able to reproduce…

Not easy to catch, a foggy day, shots that are more informative than eye-catching… Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea, Sterne arctique).…

Look at that profile! Red-throated diver or red-throated loon (Gavia stellata, Plongeon catmarin, aussi appelé Plongeon à gorge rouge, Plongeon à…

Muskox is definitely hard to approach. Probably because it’s hunted in Canada by Inuits. Our fist encounter was with a…

Why did I shoot them two-by-two? What kind of inspiration is this? Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus, Goéland bourgmestre). Dundas Harbour,…

Sometimes, the animal you want to shoot is a bit too far for a good picture (even with a long…

Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmar boréal). Navy Board Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.