Asgeir Helgestad / European moose, large 15 ft bull, resting {Alces alces} antlers in velvet, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / European moose one day-old calf {Alces alces} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Capercaillie calling {Tetrao urogallus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Golden eagle close up in snow {Aquila chrysaetos} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / European Brown bear suckling cubs {Ursus arctos} Finland

Asgeir Helgestad / European Brown bear in pine forest {Ursus arctos} Finland

Asgeir Helgestad / Eurasian beaver in water {Castor fiber} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Old Reindeer bull resting in windy place to avoid biting insects {Rangifer tarandus} summer. Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

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

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeeer herd grazing on plants under snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norefjell, Norway

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

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd grazing {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Common European toad portrait with flowers {Bufo bufo} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape with snow, Rondane NP, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Whooper swans in temperature of -30 degrees C Numedalslagen river, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Roe deer resting {Capreolus capreolus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Reindeer resting {Rangifer tarandus} Norefjell, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Male Reindeer fighting {Rangifer tarandus} Norefjell, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Kittiwake {Rissa tridactyla} in fishing village harbour, Lofoten, Noway

Asgeir Helgestad / Badger road kill {Meles meles} Sweden

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter storm with snow drifting. Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Stoat in white winter coat {Mustela erminea} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night with full moon {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night with full moon {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Young Reindeer feeding on lichen under snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in winte {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer feeding on lichen under snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow at night with full moon {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer herd in snow {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer in snowy landscape {Rangifer tarandus} Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Reindeer migrating across winter landscape with full moon {Rangifer tarandus} Reinsjofell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape with blue sky. Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red fox standing against tree to get view {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red fox resting {Vulpes vulpes} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Whooper swan pair with two cygnets {Cygnus cygnus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Climber on Mt Galdhopiggen, 2468 metres, Jotunheimen NP, highest point in Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Black grouse males courtship display at lek {Tetrao tetrix} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hunter with 'grey moose dog' (Gra elghund) hunting Moose, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Moose rubbing velvet off antlers against tree {Alces alces} Sarek NP, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Brown aeshna dragonfly {Aeshna grandis} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Mosquito sucking blood from person. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Raft spider {Dolomedes fimbriatus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Church in mountains, Oppstryn, Stryn, Sognefjorden, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Sunset at Agardh, Spitsbergen, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape at dusk, Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Winter landscape at dusk, Norefjell mountains, Buskerud, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Digging a snow hole to shelter in. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Melting snow for cooking inside a snow hole shelter. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Fortified harbour of Rocca Scaligera, Sirmione, Lake Garda, Italy

Asgeir Helgestad / Aerial view of river delta and tourist lodge. Gjende, Jotunheimen NP, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hazel grouse {Tetrastes bonasia} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hazel grouse {Tetrastes bonasia} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hazel grouse {Tetrastes bonasia} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hazel grouse {Tetrastes bonasia} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Rock ptarmigan {Lagopus mutus} Sarek NP, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Capercaillie female with male displaying in background {Tetrao urogallus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Capercaillie male courtship display to female {Tetrao urogallus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Capercaillie male courtship display in front of females {Tetrao urogallus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Muskoxen in snow {Ovibos moschatus} Dovrefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Muskoxen in snow storm {Ovibos moschatus} Dovrefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Muskox in snow {Ovibos moschatus} Dovrefjell, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Tengmalm's owl {Aegolius funereus} looking out of hole in tree, Finland

Asgeir Helgestad / Long eared owl in conifer {Asio otus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Golden eagle perched in conifer tree {Aquila chrysaetos} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Golden eagle perched in conifer {Aquila chrysaetos} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Northern goshawk {Accipiter gentilis} juvenile mantling Fox carcass. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Northern goshawk {Accipiter gentilis} juvenile. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Common wintergreen {Pyrola minor} Jotunheimen NP, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Red squirrel profile portrait {Sciurus vulgaris} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Norwegian fjord horses pulling carts cross bridge over river waterfall on way to Briksdal glacier, Jostedalsbreen NP, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Ox-eye daisy {Leucanthemum vulgare} + Clover flowers. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Ox-eye daisy {Leucanthemum vulgare} and Harebell {Campanula rotundifolia} flowering, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hepatica {Hepatica nobilis} flowers Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Hepatica {Hepatica nobilis} flowers Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Man toasting bread on camp fire. Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Midnight sun at Andoya island, Vesteralen, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Digging a snow hole to shelter in. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Inside a snow hole with two doors and six berths. Finse, Hardangervidda, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Yellow lady slipper orchids {Cypripedium calceolus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Yellow lady slipper orchids {Cypripedium calceolus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Yellow lady slipper orchids {Cypripedium calceolus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain cabin, Passo Pordoi, Dolomites, Italy

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain pass between Passo Sella and Corvara, Val Gardena, Dolomites, Italy

Asgeir Helgestad / Mountain pass between Passo Sella and Corvara, Val Gardena, Dolomites, Italy

Asgeir Helgestad / Cable-car to the top of Pordoi, Dolomites, Italy

Asgeir Helgestad / View from the top of Pordoi looking down to valley below, Dolomites, Italy

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

Asgeir Helgestad / Man with Alpha male and female European grey wolves {Canis lupus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / European grey wolf {Canis lupus} greets man, Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Supported by his leader (man) male European grey wolf bares teeth to show female she is not welcome. {Canis lupus} Norway