Here Be Dragons

Documenting the wild world in expeditions that go to the ends of the earth

Text And Photography By Ralph Lee Hopkins

Updated July 1, 2016

It’s 2 a.m. at 80º north of the equator. The midnight sun glares off puddles in the pack ice.

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Originally Published March 22, 2011

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