Theo Bosboom / Sun rays through stormy clouds, and snow covered beach, Varanger Peninsula, Norway. March.

Winfried Wisniewski / Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) males displaying in rain at lek, Norway

Winfried Wisniewski / Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) male displaying at lek, Varanger Peninsula, Norway

Staffan Widstrand / Raven (Corvus corax) mobbing Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Hornoya Island, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

Staffan Widstrand / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) male, Batsfjord village harbour, Varanger Peninsula, Norway. March.

Staffan Widstrand / Steller's eider duck (Polysticta stelleri) Batsfjord village harbour with red reflections on the water, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

Staffan Widstrand / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) male, Batsfjord village harbour, Varanger Peninsula, Norway.

Staffan Widstrand / Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on wall of house, Vardo town, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

Erlend Haarberg / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in snow, Varanger Peninsula, Norway.

Orsolya Haarberg / The Varangerfjord at Skallelv at sunset, Varanger peninsula, Vadso, Finnmark, Norway, February 2006

Rolf Nussbaumer / Wildflowers Mountain aven {Dryas integrifolia} and Moss campion {Silene acaulis} growing on tundra, Varanger peninsula, Arctic Norway

Staffan Widstrand / Kittiwake colony (Rissa tridactyla) on cliffs, Syltefjordstauran, Varanger peninsula, Arctic Norway