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...

Olga Kamenskaya / Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica) pup on ice, endemic species. Lake Baikal, Russia, April.

Ingo Arndt / Sun rising over ice formations on Lake Baikal. Siberia, Russia. February 2019.

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 / 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 / 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

Jenny E. Ross / Capitate Valerian (Valeriana capitata) - aka Mountain Heliotrope or Sharpleaf Valerian, Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

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

Jenny E. Ross / Tufted Fleabane (Erigeron caespitosus) and Lousewort (Pedicularis sp.), Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Flowering Groundsel (Senecio atropurpureus), Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Capitate valerian (Valeriana capitata) with Viviparous bistort (Polyganum viviparum), Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

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

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

Jenny E. Ross / Siberian forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica), Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Rusty saxifrage (Saxifraga hieracifolia), aka Stiff-stemmed Saxifrage, Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Yellow Marsh Saxifrage (Saxifraga hirculus), aka Bog Saxifrage, Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic paintbrush (Castilleja elegans), Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Tufted fleabane (Erigeron caespitosus), Wrangel Island, Siberia, Chukchi Sea, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) male trotting along on the tundra at Wrangel Island, Siberia, Russia. August

Jenny E. Ross / Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) chicks at a huge cliffside seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) chicks at a huge cliffside seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Pair of black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla pollicaris) on their nest at a huge cliffside seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Chukchi Sea, Siberia, Russia

Jenny E. Ross / Pair of black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla pollicaris) on their nest at a huge cliffside seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Chukchi Sea, Siberia, Russia

Jenny E. Ross / Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla pollicaris) at a huge cliffside seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) with large chicks on a cliffside nest at a huge seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) with large chicks on a cliffside nest at a huge seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) with large chicks on a cliffside nest at a huge seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) pair with large chicks on a cliffside nest at a huge seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) on cliffside nest at a huge seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) near Common guillemots (Uria aalge inornata) on its nest with chicks, Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, in the Chukchi Sea, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Brunnich's guillemots (Uria lomvia arra) at a huge cliffside seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, in the Chukchi Sea, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Brunnich's guillemots (Uria lomvia arra), at a huge cliffside seabird colony on Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka, in the Chukchi Sea, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Monkshood (Aconitum productum), Amguema River Estuary, Chukchi Sea, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

Jenny E. Ross / Den of a brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) on a hill above the Amguema River estuary, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia. When curled up in this bed, a bear would be protected from the prevailing winds com...

Jenny E. Ross / Arctic tundra with frost-wedging features caused by repeated freeze-thaw processes in soil, as well as slumping and and surface water accumulation from thawing permafrost. Amguema River Estuary Region...

Jenny E. Ross / Slumping hillside due to thawing permafrost, Amguema River Estuary, Chukchi Sea, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / An elderly Chukchi woman, sitting in the harbor at Egvekinot, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Young native people perform traditional dances in the Village of Uelen, coastal Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.

Jenny E. Ross / Young native people perform traditional dances in the Village of Uelen, coastal Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.