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:
![](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/18801-02301-940x198.jpg)
![Polar bear eyes](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/18801-02301-940x198.jpg)
![Frozen Kongsfjord](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DPP_0317-940x198.jpg)
![Kongsfjord in winter mantle](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A2007-940x198.jpg)
![Calving glacier](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DPP_0314-940x198.jpg)
![Coast guard cadet on iceberg](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DPP_03161-940x198.jpg)
![Svalbard mountain aerial](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A2257-940x198.jpg)
![Svalbard reindeer](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0311-940x198.jpg)
![Eider flying over Kongsfjord](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_9307-940x198.jpg)
![First-year bearded seal](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DPP_0311-940x198.jpg)
![Midnight sun behind coastal steamer](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A7812-940x198.jpg)
![Midnight sun from coastal steamer](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A7829-940x198.jpg)
![Kjøllefjord fishing village](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_2036-940x198.jpg)
![“Cod is Great” mural in Vardø](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DPP_0318-940x198.jpg)
![Coast guard ship fire drill](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A4200-940x198.jpg)
![DC-3 weather plane over Svalbard](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0826-940x198.jpg)
![Dogsledding in Svalbard](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A3076-940x198.jpg)
![LNG ship at Hammerfest](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_1607-940x198.jpg)
![Fishing boat in Honningsvåg](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_3338-940x198.jpg)
![Glaciologists on snowmobiles](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A1511-940x198.jpg)
![Aerial view of glacial crevasses](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A2258-940x198.jpg)
![Kids ski marathon start](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_1623-940x198.jpg)
![Svalbard ski marathon](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_1456-940x198.jpg)
![Kids’ ski race in Svalbard](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_1706-940x198.jpg)
![Reindeer in Svalbard blizzard](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_1177-940x198.jpg)
![Svalbard glacier and sea](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A1564-940x198.jpg)
![Black guillemot flock](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0672-940x198.jpg)
![Seagull and midnight sun](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_4010-940x198.jpg)
![Puffins at Gjesværstappen](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/30309-01304-940x198.jpg)
![Coast guard ship at Bjørnøya](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6P5A3582a-940x198.jpg)
![Midnight sun at North Cape](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/30309_00201-940x198.jpg)
![Northern Lights in Lofoten Islands](https://arcticoracles.randallhyman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DPP_0310-940x198.jpg)