PHOTOS & STORIES
Magic afterglow
At the lower elevations, under the blanket of low clouds, the landscape was gray and dreary. The ascent - one step after another on the well-known path -, did not portend anything exciting. Instead, once [...]
In the polar bear country, Svalbard
The small boat slows down, the engine is almost completely silent, the hull glides over the icy waters zigzagging without wavering between large and small ice islets. The bear - an imposing male - watches [...]
Howling wolves
They stood up and howled, several times and for a long time. Others responded from the opposite valley. They chased each other, playful. They raised sprays of snow, joy of life, freedom. They turned their [...]
On the shore
Sunrise. Ocean in motion. Solitude. Sombre rumbling of the undertow and dull, sonorous slaps against the emerging rocks. Unpredictable and violent, they surprise. The smell rises with humidity from the tumult of the waves, spreads [...]
The last light
Fatigue sets in. My breath, at an altitude of almost 3,000 metres, becomes short as I climb, but the evening is fantastic. It could be expected as early as late afternoon when large, fluffy clouds [...]
David and Goliath
To observe them in flight, close to each other, they almost make one laugh, such is the difference in size. The alpine chough Pyrrhocorax graculus literally disappears in comparison with the bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, [...]