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Marie Knock

Tiny plants of the Arctic

When you are surrounded by the immense landscape of Arctic Greenland it can be really difficult to tear your eyes away from the rugged mountains, the endless calm ocean and the glistening icebergs to look at the floor – but…

Welcome to Longyearbyen

This is Longyearbyen. It’s the largest settlement and the administrative centre of Svalbard, Norway. It’s most known to tourists as the gateway to the Arctic and home of the polar bear. It has a small town centre and a large abandoned…

The Birth of an Iceberg

This week on Taraji Blue our theme is “The Arctic” We’ll be sharing our favourite pictures and experiences. I’ll kick off with “The birth of an iceberg”… This is how bergs are born. Huge pieces of ice are calved off the face of…

Mini beasts (not the for squeamish)

It seems that a lot of my posts recently have been about the big mammals and birds of Africa, so I wanted to share a post where we celebrate some of the mini beasts of the world too. If you…