Through the eyes of the Vikings

Since 2002 , Robert B. Haas does mostly aerial photography, trying to capture the most picturesque and amazing places of the Earth from the air. "Through the eyes of the Vikings" — his third book from the collection. Haas, who had previously been engaged in aerial photography mainly in Africa and Latin America, now focused on the Arctic Circle regions — Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. He photographed these countries for three years. His book tells the story of a region at risk whose beauty is worth preserving. And if this is not done, the consequences will be felt all over the planet.

Industrial waste forms a vibrant palette at a waste recycling facility on the island of Langea, south of Oslo in Norway. (© Robert B. Haas)

Dark clouds hung over the ice and snow in the western part of Iceland. (© Robert B. Haas)

A moose with a cub left footprints in the snow south of Inuvik in the Mackenzie River Delta, Canada. (© Robert B. Haas)

Botnia Bay, Sweden. Pools for processed products at a sawmill near the port city of Karlsborg look like shooting marks on glass. (© Robert B. Haas)

Snowmobile tracks on the surface of a melting pond in Kiruna, Sweden. (© Robert B. Haas)

A man is looking for clams for dinner in Clam Gulch, Alaska. (© Robert B. Haas)

The sun shines over the banks of the Neakola River in Alaska. (© Robert B. Haas)