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Forests
Spruce and pine keep their needles through winter, making the boreal forest one of the largest living systems on Earth.
North of the familiar
Northern Field Notes
Forests, water, stone, and sky. A quiet look at landscapes shaped by cold seasons and long light.
Explore the landscapeFour horizons
A landscape in layers
The northern world moves at its own pace. Evergreen forests hold the shoreline, clear lakes mirror shifting weather, mountain ridges catch the last light, and aurora appears when the sky is dark enough.
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Lakes
Glacial basins collect clear, cold water. On still evenings, their surface becomes a second sky.
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Mountains
High ridges turn weather into visible form, holding snow in their gullies long after the valleys turn green.
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Northern lights
Charged particles meeting the upper atmosphere create curtains of light that can move across the sky in seconds.
Field notes
Small facts, wide places
- Taiga
- The boreal forest circles much of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Albedo
- Fresh snow reflects most visible sunlight back toward the sky.
- Aurora
- Green light is commonly produced by oxygen high in the atmosphere.
Leave it quiet
Take only the view
Cold landscapes can be resilient and fragile at once. Travel gently, keep water clean, and give wildlife the distance it needs.