The Peregrine Fund's biologists are known for going to work wherever needed to study and conserve endangered raptors, so we didn't think twice when heading to one of the harshest environments on earth - the Arctic Tundra in northern Alaska. Every summer Gyrfalcon Project Director, Dr. David Anderson, and students head north, almost as far as you can go in the United States, to study the Gyrfalcon.
The Gyrfalcon is our largest falcon and truly a magnificent work of nature's art, but it lives in a mostly frozen landscape and depends on the ecosystem found in this tough environment. Under the threat of a swiftly changing climate, David and his team are carefully observing and documenting the Gyr's ability to adapt along with their pricipal prey like ptarmigan.
This June, professional and acclaimed photographer Roy Toft joined our team and documented the experience. Enjoy his photographic journey below!
