Arctic Aerial Photos -- National Geographic

Iniskin Bay, Alaska
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
The Iniskin River resembles a reflective ribbon of glass as it flows into its namesake bay.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Red Glacier, Alaska
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
Bergs and boulders form islands of ice and rock in the basin of the glacier.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Kiruna, Sweden
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
Snowmobile tracks crisscross the surface of a melting pond.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Langøya Island, Norway
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
Industrial by-products form a swirling palette at a waste-treatment facility on this island south of Oslo.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Bay of Bothnia, Sweden
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
Recycling pools beside a lumber facility near the port city of Karlsborg pock the landscape like shots through tempered glass.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Mackenzie River Delta, Canada
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
A moose and its calf provide intersecting tracks along nearly pristine snow cover south of Inuvik.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Thórisjökull Glacier, Iceland
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
Dark clouds encroach upon the sweeping ice and snow in western Iceland.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Enontekiö, Finland
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
Snowmobile tracks quarter the surface of a frozen pond in the province of Lapland.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Manitoba, Canada
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
A polar bear pauses atop a bed of kelp on Cape Churchill.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Neacola River, Alaska
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
Sunlight sparkles along the river’s banks and its tidal flats.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings
Clam Gulch, Alaska
Photograph by Robert B. Haas
A clam digger pokes away in search of supper along Cook Inlet.
—Photograph and caption from the National Geographic book Through the Eyes of the Vikings