arctic jewels Archives

Arctic jewels: sailing the ice kingdom

See the images from 2011 Australian Geographic Society expedition to Iceland, Greenland and Svalbard.

An array of Arctic wildlife greets Ken Eastwood on his first full day in Greenland.

Ken Eastwood experiences modern-day Inuit culture at the remote Greenland settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit.

The Arctic’s top land carnivore – the magestic polar bear – is another critter Ken Eastwood ticks off his list.

Polar bears and the aurora borealis are awe-inspiring but there’s beauty to be found in the tiny too, says Ken Eastwood.