Colorful Arctic Villages

Charming winter scenes of colorful houses in Greenland's remote villages against icy fjords, capturing the essence of Arctic living.

The traditional and remote Greenlandic Inuit village Kullorsuaq located at the Melville Bay, in the far north of West Greenland, Danish territory

Expedition cruise ship tourists explore the Bockfjorden's shore. Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard, Norway. (Editorial Use Only)

People standing on the ice, Arctic, Canada

Russia, Chukotka, Chaplino Village, Boat landing site

View from a Hurtigrute ship, Alesund, Hurtigrute, North Norway, Norway

Drying flakes for stockfish cod fish in Reine village illuminated at night in winter. Lofoten islands, Norway

Monument with an anchor. Winter in Ilulissat on the shore of Disko Bay. Greenland, Denmark. (Editorial Use Only)

Arctic, Svalbard, Longyearbyen. View of the port and industrial area. The most northerly industrial town in the world, and administrative center of Svalbard.

LANDMANNALAUGAR, ICELAND, JULY 09: camping site with cars and tents in a valley on July 09, 2013 in Landmannalaugar, Iceland, Europe

Griese Fiord In Nunavut

View of the fishing harbor with fishing boats at Sildpollnes Sjocamp near Svolvaer on Austvag Island in the Lofoten Islands, Nordland County, Norway.

Cityscape of the town of Stanley on the Falkland Islands from the ocean. Entering the bay of Port Stanley on Falkland Islands on sunny day

Aerial view of Norwegian fishing village in Reine City, Lofoten islands, Nordland, Norway, Europe. White snowy mountain hills, nature landscape background in winter season. Famous tourist attraction

Greenland, Narsarsuaq, playground

Aerial view to the fjord and snow streets of Greenlandic capital Nuuk city, Greenland

A pair of explorers on Olkhon Island observe a harbor on the frozen Lake Baikal during the winter in Siberia, Russia.

The traditional and remote Greenlandic Inuit village Kullorsuaq located at the Melville Bay, in the far north of West Greenland, Danish territory

Greenland, West Greenland, Rodebay / Oqaatsut. The small village in Disko Bay was founded by Dutch whalers who came here during the summer seasons.

Nusfjord, Lofoten, Norway, winter

Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South America

Barentsburg, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Only about 100 people live in the tiny patches of Narsarsuaq on Eriksfjord in South of Greenland, Narsarsuaq with his airport could in future play a major role, as in region around the Eriksfjord uranium and rare eards, Narsarsuaq was from 1841 to 1958 at airbase, Blue West 1, the Americans, Denmark, Greenland, Narsarsuaq

HUSAVIK, ICELAND, JUNE 29: Tourists coming back from a whale-watching tour on a zodiac into the calm harbor with anchored fishing boat and mountains in the background on June 29, 2013 in Husavik, Iceland, Europe

Greenland, Eqi Glacier. Base camp for French Expedition to the Greenland icecap led by Paul-_mile Victor who was the initiator of the Exp_ditions polaires fran_aises, the French polar expedition after the Second World War.

View of Goloustnoye Village at Lake Baikal, Russia, in the evening

Ikerasak, a small traditional fishing village on Ikerasak Island in the Uummannaq fjord system, northwest Greenland, Denmark

Rubbish and car wrecks at garbage dump and icebergs at the fishing village Uummannaq, Greenland, North America

Norway, Nordland, Lofoten Archipelago, Gravdal area. Coastal village Views along the E10 Raod.

Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Norway.

North Cape, Winter, Norway, Europe

Village Selfjord on island Moskenesoya. The Lofoten Islands in northern Norway during winter.

Barbour Living Heritage Village The Venice of Newfoundland, Newtown, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Norway, Svalbard islands, Spitsbergen island, sailing ship

Town Uummannaq during winter in northern West Greenland beyond the Arctic Circle. Greenland, Danish territory

The Svalbard Museum. Longyearbyen, the capital of Svalbard on the island of Spitsbergen in the Spitsbergen archipelago. Arctic, Europe, Scandinavia, Norway, Svalbard

Rausu Skyline, Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan

View from the outer bay of the third largest city in Greenland, Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Greenland, Polar Regions

View of the Rembrandt van Rijn, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Arctic

Hammerfest at dawn with snow, Kvalöya Island, Finnmark Province, Vest-Finnmark, Norway, Europe

A view of the small fishing town of Siglufjorour, Iceland

Antarctica, Ross Island, McMurdo station, sign on road to Pegasus airfield

North America, USA, Montana. Nevada City, a ghost town.

Colourful houses, harbour, shipyard, barren mountains, Qaqortoq, Arctic, South Greenland, Greenland, Denmark, North America

View overlooking Arctic Village with Brooks Range in the background, Arctic Alaska, Autumn

Colourful houses with views into Disko Bay to the cruise ship Seabourn Quest, Ilulissat, West Greenland, Greenland, North America

South Atlantic Ocean, United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, South Georgia, Polar star icebreaker cruise ship and tourists with zodiac, Stromness at former whaling station

A view of Ludertiz and its sheltered harbour. Ludertiz is a fascinating old German town, a colonial relic, trapped between the barren, windswept Namib Desert and the South Atlantic Sea.

Europe, Czech Republic, Giant Mountains, Lucni Bouda

Sign of the North Pole on the Nort Pole, Arctic

Ice fishing hut, Saguenay-Lac Saint Jean, Mont Valin Region, Quebec, Canada, North America

Dog sledges during summer. The town Uummannaq in the northwest of Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark.

Norway, Tromso. Gateway to the Arctic located above the Arctic Circle. Typical views sailing into Tromso via the Haja Fjord (aka Hajafjorden), traditional home.

Tourists kayaking at the abandoned Norwegian whaling station in Grytviken on South Georgia Island, Sub-Antarctica.

Group of school children coming back to Toronto from Wards Island via the Ferry in winter at the Harbourfront terminal

Cemetery, Kulusuk, East Greenland, Greenland, North America

Norway, Nordland, Nesna, in the harbor of Nesna.

Nature tourists on the ice in the arctic by the cruise ship, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

Cableway station, Cape Town

Cemetery overlooking Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada

Norway, Svalbard islands, Spitsbergen island, Ny-london village

Signpost at the Chilean Station Gonz૥z Videla, on the Antarctic mainland's Waterboat Point in Paradise Bay, which is named after Chilean President Gabriel Gonz૥z Videla

North Pole

Asbestos warning sign on the beach in Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island, sub-Antarctica with the abandoned whaling station in the background.

Captain Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) taking sights at the South Pole.

Farms near the Highlands, Kalmanstunga, Iceland, Northern Europe, Europe

Summer mountains landscape in Norway. National tourist route 55 Sognefjellet and the highest point at Fantesteinen with norwegian flag.. Mountains landscape. Norwegian route Sognefjellet

Souvenir shop, Qaqortoq, Greenland

A Sign For The Matterhorn Railway, Zermatt Valais Switzerland

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