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Images Celebrate the People, Places, and Wildlife of the U.S. Arctic Ocean

Ahead of a summit about Arctic issues, these photos remind us what is at stake

Article May 13, 2016

Bearded seals are common in shallow Arctic waters. High concentrations of these animals assemble in the nearshore Chukchi Coastal Buffer to give birth to pups in spring.
Bearded Seal Rests on Shorefast Ice in Summer
Steven Kazlowski
A bowhead whale swims along the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Bowheads, which are an important part of subsistence culture, can live more than 100 years.
A pair of spectacled eider drakes fly over the coastal waters of Barrow, Alaska. Millions of seabirds migrate across long stretches of the Arctic Ocean each year, using marine habitat to feed, rest, and breed.
Areas such as the Hanna Shoal in the Chukchi Sea are essential habitat for walruses, which rest in family groups between foraging and migrating.
Mom and baby walrus hauled out on the ice.
USGS/Sarah Sonsthagen
An Inupiat hunter uses a wooden oar to listen for passing bowheads during the spring whaling season in the Chukchi Sea.
Inupiaq Subsistence Hunter Listens For Passing Bowhead Whales
Steven Kazlowski
Arctic Ocean wildlife supports the Inupiat people’s subsistence activities, which have been at the heart of their nutritional, cultural, and spiritual well-being for thousands of years.
Alaska, Barrow, By morning, the water was like slushy ice. A crew passes by in front of our camp.
Luciana Whitaker
Bearded seals are common in shallow Arctic waters. High concentrations of these animals assemble in the nearshore Chukchi Coastal Buffer to give birth to pups in spring.
A bowhead whale swims along the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Bowheads, which are an important part of subsistence culture, can live more than 100 years.
A pair of spectacled eider drakes fly over the coastal waters of Barrow, Alaska. Millions of seabirds migrate across long stretches of the Arctic Ocean each year, using marine habitat to feed, rest, and breed.
Areas such as the Hanna Shoal in the Chukchi Sea are essential habitat for walruses, which rest in family groups between foraging and migrating.
An Inupiat hunter uses a wooden oar to listen for passing bowheads during the spring whaling season in the Chukchi Sea.
Arctic Ocean wildlife supports the Inupiat people’s subsistence activities, which have been at the heart of their nutritional, cultural, and spiritual well-being for thousands of years.
Bearded seals are common in shallow Arctic waters. High concentrations of these animals assemble in the nearshore Chukchi Coastal Buffer to give birth to pups in spring.
Bearded Seal Rests on Shorefast Ice in Summer
Steven Kazlowski
A bowhead whale swims along the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Bowheads, which are an important part of subsistence culture, can live more than 100 years.
A pair of spectacled eider drakes fly over the coastal waters of Barrow, Alaska. Millions of seabirds migrate across long stretches of the Arctic Ocean each year, using marine habitat to feed, rest, and breed.
Areas such as the Hanna Shoal in the Chukchi Sea are essential habitat for walruses, which rest in family groups between foraging and migrating.
Mom and baby walrus hauled out on the ice.
USGS/Sarah Sonsthagen
An Inupiat hunter uses a wooden oar to listen for passing bowheads during the spring whaling season in the Chukchi Sea.
Inupiaq Subsistence Hunter Listens For Passing Bowhead Whales
Steven Kazlowski
Arctic Ocean wildlife supports the Inupiat people’s subsistence activities, which have been at the heart of their nutritional, cultural, and spiritual well-being for thousands of years.
Alaska, Barrow, By morning, the water was like slushy ice. A crew passes by in front of our camp.
Luciana Whitaker
Bearded seals are common in shallow Arctic waters. High concentrations of these animals assemble in the nearshore Chukchi Coastal Buffer to give birth to pups in spring.
A bowhead whale swims along the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Bowheads, which are an important part of subsistence culture, can live more than 100 years.
A pair of spectacled eider drakes fly over the coastal waters of Barrow, Alaska. Millions of seabirds migrate across long stretches of the Arctic Ocean each year, using marine habitat to feed, rest, and breed.
Areas such as the Hanna Shoal in the Chukchi Sea are essential habitat for walruses, which rest in family groups between foraging and migrating.
An Inupiat hunter uses a wooden oar to listen for passing bowheads during the spring whaling season in the Chukchi Sea.
Arctic Ocean wildlife supports the Inupiat people’s subsistence activities, which have been at the heart of their nutritional, cultural, and spiritual well-being for thousands of years.
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