Sergey Gorshkov / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) at night, taken with remote camera in Land of the Leopard National Park, Far East Russia, November.Highly Commended in the Animal Portraits Category of the Wil...

David Tipling / Frozen braided Amur River, aerial view. North of Petropavlovka, Russian Far East, Far East Russia. February 2020.

David Tipling / Frozen braided Amur River, aerial view. North of Petropavlovka, Russian Far East, Far East Russia. February 2020.

Sergey Gorshkov / Photographer Sergey Gorshkov setting up remote camera traps to photograph Siberian tiger in Land of the Leopard National Park, Far East Russia. 2019

Jenny E. Ross / Tracks of a gull in sand near the shore of Koryaksky Nature Reserve, Karaginsky Island, Kamchatka, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Ecotourists exploring Bukhta Natalia (Natalia Bay) in the Koryaksky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Bukhta Natalia, Koryaksky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Jenny E. Ross / Hind paw print of Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus actos) in sand, Bukhta Natalia, Koryaksky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Marker designating the location where the Arctic Circle intersects the 180th meridian in the Siberian tundra of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Cemetery / burial ground in Provideniya, Chukotka, Russia. August 2009.

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic tundra with frost-wedging features caused by repeated freeze-thaw processes in rocky soil, and surface water accumulation from melting permafrost. Wrangel Island, Siberian Arctic, Chukchi Sea,...

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic tundra with frost-wedging features caused by repeated freeze-thaw processes in rocky soil, and surface water accumulation from melting permafrost. Wrangel Island, Siberian Arctic, Chukchi Sea,...

Jenny E. Ross / Narrow-leaf saw-wort (Saussurea angustifolia) on arctic tundra, Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea (Arctic Ocean), Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Remains of an ancient Chukchi village site at Cape Dezhnev, including foundations of stone houses, food caches, and whale bones used for practical purposes and possibly arranged for rituals. Cape Dezh...

Jenny E. Ross / Whale bones arranged by indigenous people at the ancient Chukchi site currently known as 'Whalebone Alley' on Yttygran Island in the Bering Sea, Chukotka, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Dilapidated structures and newly painted buildings in Provideniya, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Detail of an abandoned building in Provideniya, Russia. Provideniya is situated at the edge of Komsoloskaya Bay (a part of Provideniya Bay) in the Bering Sea, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / View of the main street in Provideniya, Russia. Provideniya is situated at the edge of Komsoloskaya Bay, Bering Sea, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Coal ash from a coal-fired power plant,d used as aggregate on roadways in the town of Provideniya, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Large piles of coal and coal ash lie on the ground at the Port of Provideniya, very close to the water's edge, at the shore of Komsoloskaya Bay , Bering Sea, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Early morning view of Provideniya, Russia from Komsoloskaya Bay, Bering Sea, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos) female trying to catch salmon. Govena Peninsula, Koryaksky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos) female trying to catch salmon. Govena Peninsula, Koryaksky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos) sub adult female. Cape Peschanya, Govena Peninsula, Koryaksky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos) sub adult female. Cape Peschanya, Govena Peninsula, Koryaksky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) swimming in the Bering Sea near Verkhoturova Island, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) resting on off-shore rocks in the Bering Sea near Verkhoturova Island, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Seabird colony on off-shore rocks in the Bering Sea near Verkhoturova Island, Russia. The nesting species include common and Brunnich's guillemots (Uria aalge and Uria lomvia arra -- also known as...

Jenny E. Ross / Ecotourists view a seabird colony on off-shore rocks in the Bering Sea near Verkhoturova Island, Russia. The nesting species include common and Brunnich's guillemots (Uria aalge and Uria lomvia ar...

Jenny E. Ross / Seabird colony on off-shore rocks in the Bering Sea near Verkhoturova Island, Russia. The nesting species include common and Brunnich's guillemots (Uria aalge and Uria lomvia arra -- also known as...

Jenny E. Ross / Seabird colony on Verkhoturova Island in the Bering Sea, Russia. Nesting species include common and Brunnich's guillemots (Uria aalge and Uria lomvia arra -- also known as the common murre and thi...

Jenny E. Ross / Seabird colony on Verkhoturova Island in the Bering Sea, Russia. Nesting species include common and Brunnich's guillemots (Uria aalge and Uria lomvia arra -- also known as the common murre and thi...

Jenny E. Ross / Seabird colony on Verkhoturova Island in the Bering Sea, Russia. Nesting species include common and Brunnich's guillemots (Uria aalge and Uria lomvia arra -- also known as the common murre and thi...

Jenny E. Ross / Pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) flies from the water after catching a tiny fish, in the Bering Sea near Medny Island in the Commander Islands, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Peschanaya Bay, Medny Island, Commander Islands, Russia. Dramatic escarpments, glacial cirques, and beautiful small beaches are prominent features of Medny Island in Russia's Commander Islands (ak...

Jenny E. Ross / Peschanaya Bay, Medny Island, Commander Islands, Russia. Dramatic escarpments, glacial cirques, and beautiful small beaches are prominent features of Medny Island in Russia's Commander Islands (ak...

Jenny E. Ross / Landscape of Peschanaya Bay, Medny Island, Commander Islands, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus semenovi) interacting, dark summer pelage, resting in shoreline vegetation at Bukhta Glinka, Medny Island, Commander Islands, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus semenovi) male, in dark summer pelage, resting in shoreline vegetation at Bukhta Glinka, Medny Island, Commander Islands, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Yankicho Island, a small uninhabited volcanic island in the Kuril Island chain. Sea of Okhotsk, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Tundra and estuary, Onekotan Island, Kuril Islands, Russia. Makanrushi Island, which is northwest of Onekotan Island, can be seen in the distance. A volcanically and seismically active island, Onekota...

Jenny E. Ross / Lenticular clouds above Wrangel Island, Siberian Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August 2009.

Jenny E. Ross / Lenticular clouds above Wrangel Island, Siberian Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August 2009.

Jenny E. Ross / Gravel shoreline, Wrangel Island, Siberian Arctic, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August.

Jenny E. Ross / Alpine azalea in fruit (Loiseleuria procumbens), Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Lousewort (Pedicularis sp.), Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic Poppy (Papaver radicatum), Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Rusty saxifrage (Saxifraga hieracifolia), , Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August