Lawrence Hislop

Lawrence Hislop is an environmental policy specialist, communications expert and senior programme officer at GRID-Arendal, in Norway. He is responsible for project management of Arctic and mountains/cryosphere projects. Representing UNEP at Arctic Council (AC) meetings and participating in AC working group projects and activities. Core competency of work involves developing visually illustrative representations of environmental data and information for use in wide variety of policy oriented outputs.

Lawrence runs projects across all arctic eight countries as well as four countries in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region. He is also assisting Central and Eastern European countries, including Central Asia, in developing integrated environmental assessment reports and state-of-the-art environmental reports, assisting and participating in several regional assessment processes, and working to strengthen national and regional environmental information management systems. In relationship to his assessment work, he organizes communication initiatives, such as journalist workshops and media tours, in different regions. He has specific thematic knowledge on water and forest ecosystems, and has participated in cross-sector analyses in different regions. His skills include using maps and graphics as a main communication tool for regional and national analyses and developing conceptual maps and graphics through interactive communication with national experts.

Einar GuðmannEinar Guðmann

The beauty of photography in my mind is the fact that it forces you to search for and see the beauty around you. On my website gudmann.is I present some of my favorite images.

I consider myself to be one of the very few in Iceland seriously dedicated to wildlife photography and it is my passion. My photographs have been published in magazines and books in many countries and have been awarded in a number of photo competitions. The biggest reward of photography is getting the opportunity to experience the nature of the Arctic up close and personal.

Photographing from a hide is a challenging photography. Many of my best photos are taken during hours and days of waiting for the right moment. Using a hide is the best way to capture the behavior of some of Iceland´s most rare or difficult species like the sea-eagle, gyrfalcon and the arctic fox. It is also my belief that using a hide is a good way to keep disturbance to the minimum.

Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), Einar Guðmann

After years of watching these species I have nothing but respect for them and they have helped me to gain deeper understanding of the true meaning of unspoiled nature in the arctic.

As a editor and writer and author of two books, photography has been a important part of my work most of my life. Most of the work I have done in the past has involved photography in some way.

I was born in Akureyri, Iceland in 1966. Akureyri is located in the northern part of Iceland and nearby we have many of the most inspiring photo-locations in the country.

Paul Nicklen on assignment. Photo by Göran EhlméPaul Nicklen

Paul is a Canadian marine biologist with a specialty in polar bears and Arctic ecosystems and he has been working for National Geographic Magazine for 15 years. As an assignment photographer he has produced 15 stories for the magazine. His work focuses on the delicate relationship between healthy ecosystems and marine wildlife and his preferred working niche are polar environments. In addition to his collaboration with National Geographic, his work has been featured in hundreds of other publications around the world and he has given public presentations in over 20 countries. Most recently, Paul's work was exhibited at the world renowned Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles and he was a featured speaker at the 2011 TED Conference.

He was recently named one of the World's top 40 Most Influential Outdoor Photographers by BBC Magazine.

Paul has received over 30 prestigious international awards including 14 BBC Wildlife Awards (Veolia Environnement Wildlife Awards), 5 World Press Photo Awards, several awards from Pictures of the Year International, Communication Arts, and Nature's Best Magazine and numerous other recognitions for his work as a photojournalist and a conservationist. Paul is the 2012 winner of the BBC/Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, the first ever Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) BioGems Visionary Award winner, and is also the recipient of the 2012 First Prize for nature for the World Press Photography Organization; the largest, most prestigious recognition a photojournalist can receive.

A selection of Paul's work and further information can be found on Paul Nicklen's website.

Cristina Mittermeier. Photo by Paul NicklenCristina Mittermeier

Cristina is a Mexican marine biologist who specializes in conservation issues surrounding fisheries and aquaculture. She has been a writer and a photographer for the past 15 years and is a Sony Artisan of Imagery - one of only seven photographers in the world chosen to represent SONY®.

Her work centers on the intimate intersection between humans and the ocean and the fragile balance between human well-being and healthy marine ecosystems. She has edited and co-edited over 20 coffee-table books on conservation issues and her work has been published in prestigious scientific publications like Science and Nature as well as in more popular publications and magazines. In addition to her achievements as a photographer, she is a writer, a photo editor, an engaging public speaker, and a photographic curator.

Until recently she was the President of the International League of Conservation Photographers; an organization she founded and directed for 6 years. She was recently recognized as one of the World’s top 40 Most Influential Outdoor Photographers and is the recipient of the 2011 Nature’s Best/Smithsonian Conservation Photographer of the Year award and the North American Nature Photographer’s Association 2010 Mission Award.

A Selection of her work and further information can be found on Cristina Mittermeier's website.

Carsten Egevang. PhotoCarsten Egevang

Greenland has my heart - and that's where I mostly unfold as a photographer. On Carstenegevang.com I present some of my favorite photos from Greenland, but also display some of the other photographic work I am involved in. I take photo assignments in both Denmark and Greenland.

I am an experienced speaker and author of photo books on Greenland along with popular articles. Besides, I am the founder and administrator of Greenland's largest stock photo agency ARC-PIC.COM.

I am awarded in several international photo competitions, including as category winner in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year - the highest position a Dane yet received the prestigious competition. I am also awarded "Danish Nature Photographer" in 2011 and receiver of the Greenland Government "Environment and Nature Prize" in 2012.

I'm trained as a biologist from the University of Copenhagen, with a PhD degree in Arctic biology. I'm affiliated with the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, where I primarily work with Greenland seabirds. I have lived in Nuuk in the period 2002 - 2008, and although I now live in Copenhagen, I have maintained my connection to Greenland, where I come at least three times a year.

Among the Greenland birds, I have my own favorite, the little auk, but it's for my work with another seabird, the Arctic tern that I am most known in the public. As the leader of an international research team, I was the first in the world map Arctic tern incredible movements from Greenland to Antarctica and back again - the longest annual migration in the animal world. These results traveled around the world, and are communicated through the website ARCTICTERN.INFO.