Asgeir Helgestad / European grey wolf male running across snow {Canis lupus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Man patting European grey wolf {Canis lupus} who exhibits submissive behaviour - Man is leader of the pack, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / European grey wolf male in snow {Canis lupus} C Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / European grey wolf portrait {Canis lupus} Norway - captive

Asgeir Helgestad / European grey wolf male {Canis lupus} Norway - captive

Asgeir Helgestad / Hunter brewing kettle over fire, dead Capercaillie. Vatnebrynvannet lake, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hunters making fire beside lake, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hunter taking aim to shoot with gun - dead Capercaillie in rucksack Vatnebrynvannet lake, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hunter with dog + gun and catch of Capercaillie and Hare. Vatnebrynvannet lake, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red fox road kill {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd {Rangifer tarandus} in upland tundra landscape. Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hunter with dead Capercaillie and Hare. Vatnebrynvannet lake, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hikers cross country skiing to top of Haardangererjokulen, Hardangervidda, Finse, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain hut after snow storm. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / European grey wolf male {Canis lupus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer bull with antlers shedding velvet {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hikers putting on skiis outside mountain hut in snow storm. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hikers putting on skiis outside mountain hut in snow storm. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain hut in snow storm. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Girl emerging from snow hole shelter. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Puffins {Fratercula arctica} Gjesvaerstappan, Mageroy, Finnmark, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Golden eagle on pine tree {Aquila chrysaetos} Numedal, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Skiis and rucksacks outside mountain hut after snow storm. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Bergen-Oslo railway crossing snow mountain plateau. Hardangervidda (1222metres) Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeeer herd resting in snow after storm {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Red fox visits photographer in tent in search of food {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red fox sitting {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Tourists climb Galdhopiggen, 2468 m, highest mountain in Norway. Jotunheimen NP

Asgeir Helgestad / DMan with frozen face after 45 mins in snowstorm. Agardh, Spitsbergen, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Red fox sitting {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Red fox portrait {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red fox sitting {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red fox head portrait {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red foxes play mounting {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red fox sitting on tree-stump {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red fox investigates camera {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Black throated diver attacks model inside its territory {Gavia arctica} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Wolverine {Gulo gulo} Finland

Asgeir Helgestad / Yellow-necked mouse field mouse {Apodemus flavicollis} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young European grey wolf resting {Canis lupus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain stream flowing from Briksdal glacier, Jostedalsbreen NP, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Tourists travel in horse drawn carriage to Briksdal glacier, Olden, Jostedalsbreen NP, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Juvenile European cuckoo {Cuculus canorus} Jotunheimen NP, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Trailing alpine azalea {Kalmia procumbens} Rondane NP, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer bull + calf {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Coastal landscape with fishing village. Reine, Nordland, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Common raven {Corvus corax} silhouette and moon. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Common spotted orchid {Dactylorhiza fuchsii} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Santa claus gnome photographing flock of Redpolls {Acanthis flammea} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Cotton grass flowering {Eriophorum angustifolium} Nordkapp, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Arctic cloudberry fruit {Rubus chamaemorus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Top of the mountain and Hardangerjokulen glacier, Finse, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Cross country skier looking towards Hardangerjokulen glacier, Finse, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Meadow with flowers, Lungdal , Flesberg, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Meadow with flowers, Lungdal , Flesberg, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Meadow landscape with flowers, Lungdal , Flesberg, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Sheep suckling twin lambs {Ovis aries} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Lamb running in field {Ovis aries} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / White water lily {Nymhaea alba} on lake, Vatnebrynvannet, Buskerus, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / White water lily {Nymhaea alba} on lake, Vatnebrynvannet, Buskerus, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Midnight sun at fishing village, A Lofoten, Nordland, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape with snow covering trees, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape with snow and trees, Skirvedalen, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Ural Forest scene, Fulufjellet NP, Sweden

Asgeir Helgestad / Forest scene with river, Fulufjellet NP, Sweden

Asgeir Helgestad / Pack of European grey wolves in snow {Canis lupus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / European grey wolf {Canis lupus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Dead European grey wolf {Canis lupus} Norway - shot

Asgeir Helgestad / Common crane portrait {Grus grus} Sweden

Asgeir Helgestad / Crested tit {Lophophanes cristatus} building nest in dead Birch tree. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Black woodpecker {Dryocopus martius} at nest hole in tree. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Black throated diver pair on water {Gavia arctica} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Black throated diver on water {Gavia arctica} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Midnight sun on fishing village, A Lofoten, Nordland, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Toadstools+ Dwarf cornel berries {Cornus suecica} Sarek NP, Sweden

Asgeir Helgestad / Mist over lake with Cotton grass {Eriophorum vaginatum} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Horse dragging timber from woodland. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Man cutting timber with chain saw. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Rondane NP, Norway with Alpine azalea {Loiseleuria procumbens} in foreground

Asgeir Helgestad / Red fox portrait {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer with calf {Rangifer tarandus} Norefjell, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Dovrefjell, Norway with Spring pasque flowers in foreground {Pulsatilla vernalis}

Asgeir Helgestad / Siberian jay {Perisoreus infaustus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Kittiwakes nesting {Rissa tridactyla} above window in fishing village, A in Lofoten, Noway

Asgeir Helgestad / Autumn landscape, Rondane NP, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Rapaselet, Sarek NP, Lappland, Sweden

Asgeir Helgestad / Adder portrait {Vipera berus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Pine martin {Martes martes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Coltsfoot flowering in snow {Tussilago farfara} Norway - first wild flower of the year

Asgeir Helgestad / Northern gannet portrait {Sula bassana} Nordkapp, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain hare tracks in snow {Lepus timidus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Yellow wagtail {Motacilla flava} and cotton grass, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Badger at night {Meles meles} Sweden

Asgeir Helgestad / Common frog portrait {Rana temporaria} Norway