Arctic Archives

Water Sky

February 1, 2016January 21, 2019

A ‘Water Sky’ is the name given to the way that the underside of clouds appears noticeably darker when these clouds are over open water…

January 24, 2014November 26, 2018

Inukshuk are the monuments made by the Inuit, and other northern cultures, in the Arctic regions of North America. They are used to help make…

August 3, 2012January 21, 2022

The perfect antidote to the cabin fever that comes from being cooped up writing about the Arctic, it turns out, is to go for a…

July 30, 2012January 21, 2022

In the desert of western Peru there are the remnants of a civilization that still holds many mysteries. Archaeoastromomers are able to deduce a few…

July 5, 2012January 21, 2022

Yesterday I arrived back home after sailing north from Scotland via the Faroe Islands into the Arctic, finishing at Reykjavik. I used the trip to…

January 10, 2011November 26, 2018

I’m just back from six days in Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands. In the foreground of the first picture you can probably make out some…