Arctic Photos

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In addition to the rocks and snow, there were thousands of flowers and plants, growing wherever there was a tiny bit of soil. Each week, a new species would bloom, adding colour to the landscape. Here are a few of them.

A clump of moss campleon (not sure about the spelling of that one).

White-flowered Heather. Heather's not just a plant found in the remote areas of Britain or the Scottish highlands - in fact, much of the scenery I saw fit my mental image of the Highlands or Ireland (neither of which I've seen in person).

Flowers would grow anywhere, even on the side of a cliff.

Arctic Cotton - there were many fields of these small wild plants, which had incredibly soft 'poofs' - softer than a cotton ball (I guess that's where it got the name :-)). These plants were used by the Inuit in the past to make wicks for lamps (with animal oils as fuel). There were also a lot of grasses and other small green plants, as seen in this picture.

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	In addition to the rocks and snow, there were thousands of flowers and plants, growing wherever there was a tiny bit of soil. Each week, a new species would bloom, adding colour to the landscape. Here are a few of them.
A clump of moss campleon (not sure about the spelling of that one).
	White-flowered Heather. Heather's not just a plant found in the remote areas of Britain or the Scottish highlands - in fact, much of the scenery I saw fit my mental image of the Highlands or Ireland (neither of which I've seen in person).
Flowers would grow anywhere, even on the side of a cliff.
	Arctic Cotton - there were many fields of these small wild plants, which had incredibly soft 'poofs' - softer than a cotton ball (I guess that's where it got the name :-)). These plants were used by the Inuit in the past to make wicks for lamps (with animal oils as fuel). There were also a lot of grasses and other small green plants, as seen in this picture.