Monthly Archives: June 2014

Smithsonian Magazine Instagram, May 23rd

June 23, 2014

On the final day of my week-long editorship of Smithsonian Magazine’s Instagram page exactly one month ago, here are the last three Arctic Oracle images and texts published. Click each photo to retrieve the corresponding Instagram page:

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Scientist walks across thinning pack ice 500 miles from North Pole. © Randall Hyman

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Newly-hatched kittiwake chick. © Randall Hyman

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Northern Lights shimmer over Lofoten Islands. © Randall Hyman

Smithsonian Magazine Instagram, May 22nd

June 22, 2014

On the sixth day of my week-long editorship of Smithsonian Magazine’s Instagram page one month ago, here are the three Arctic Oracle images and texts published. Click each photo to retrieve the corresponding Instagram page:

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Sea angel. © Randall Hyman

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First night of midnight sun in Svalbard, Norway. © Randall Hyman

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Russian trawler’s catch. © Randall Hyman

Smithsonian Magazine Instagram, May 21st

June 21, 2014

On the fifth day of my week-long editorship of Smithsonian Magazine’s Instagram page one month ago, here are the three Arctic Oracle images and texts published. Click each photo to retrieve the corresponding Instagram page:

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Scientist releases weather balloon at science base in Svalbard, Norway. © Randall Hyman

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Emaciated, stranded polar bear looks for meal on land. © Randall Hyman

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Scientist sets up GPS to track glacial flow. © Randall Hyman

Smithsonian Magazine Instagram, May 20th

June 20, 2014

On the fourth day of my week-long editorship of Smithsonian Magazine’s Instagram page one month ago, here are the three Arctic Oracle images and texts published. Click each photo to retrieve the corresponding Instagram page:

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Bearded seal on ice in Svalbard, Norway. © Randall Hyman

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Randall Hyman sits on iceberg in Arctic Ocean.

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Scientist researches Arctic tern migration. © Randall Hyman

Smithsonian Magazine Instagram, May 19th

June 19, 2014

Next in the Smithsonian Magazine series, here are the three Arctic Oracle images and texts published exactly one month ago on the magazine’s Instagram page. Click each photo to retrieve the corresponding Instagram page:

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Scuba diver gathers marine samples in the Arctic Ocean. © Randall Hyman

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Diver triumphantly pumps fists after finding plankton beneath ice 500 miles from North Pole. © Randall Hyman

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Entire face of glacier calves in Svalbard, Norway. © Randall Hyman

Smithsonian Magazine Instagram, May 18th

June 18, 2014

Following up on the previous post, here are the three Arctic Oracle images and texts published exactly one month ago on Smithsonian Magazine’s Instagram page. Click each photo to retrieve the corresponding Instagram page:

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Puffin portrait in Svalbard, Norway. © Randall Hyman

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Dog sledding in Svalbard, Norway. © Randall Hyman

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Young Svalbard reindeer. © Randall Hyman

Smithsonian Magazine Instagram, May 17th

June 17, 2014

From May 17th through May 23rd, I hosted Smithsonian Magazine’s Instagram page and featured my Arctic Oracles project. I posted text and photos three times a day covering important aspects of the changing Norwegian Arctic. Here are the postings, one month later, day by day. Today’s three photos and text originally published May 17th. Click on each photo to retrieve the corresponding Instagram posts:

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Randall Hyman stands on ice pack beside research ship 500 miles from North Pole.

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Scientists take core samples of fjord ice in Svalbard, Norway. © Randall Hyman

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Norwegian children celebrate 17th of May in Kirkenes, Norway. © Randall Hyman