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:

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

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

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