Our Photographers: Wildlife, Nature & Travel Photographers - Michael Nolan

Adult gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) courtship display, Neko Harbor, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Michael Nolan

Michael S. Nolan has been a professional photographer for over 30 years. He currently teaches photography for both National Geographic Expeditions as well as Lindblad Expeditions on ships all over the world. From the high Arctic to the Antarctic and many places in between, Michael can be found in the wild and remote places on the planet with camera in hand.

Glacial ice stranded on the beach at low tide in the East arm of Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5908

Adult Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), leaping, South Marble Islands, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5917

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris), in the Beardslee Island Group in Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5911

Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), breeding colony at South Marble Island, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5919

South Marble Islands, Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5907

Curious Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), South Marble Islands, Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5916

Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), haul out site, South Marble Islands, Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5914

Adult female sea otter (Enhydra lutris), hauled out on ice in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5909

Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), haul out site, South Marble Islands, Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5912

An adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris), swimming in Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5910

Curious Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), South Marble Islands, Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5915

Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) taking flight at South Marble Island, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5918

Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), haul out site, South Marble Islands, Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5913

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), flukes-up dive in Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5902

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), flukes-up dive in Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5900

Adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), surfacing in Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5898

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), flukes-up dive at sunset in Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5899

Adult harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), hauled out on ice in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5895

Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) pair on nest in McBride Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5892

Adult North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), climbing a tree, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5906

Adult North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), running in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5905

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) flukes-up dive in Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5901

Young brown bear (Ursus arctos), foraging for invertebrates at low tide in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5893

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), flukes-up dive in Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5903

Adult North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), climbing a tree, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5904

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), surfacing with spout in Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5897

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos), foraging at low tide in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5894

Adult harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) hauled out on ice in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, United States of America, North America - 1112-5896

Norse chapel at the reconstruction of Erik the Red's Norse settlement at Brattahlid, southwestern Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5889

Norse chapel at the reconstruction of Erik the Red's Norse settlement at Brattahlid, southwestern Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5891

Norse chapel at the reconstruction of Erik the Red's Norse settlement at Brattahlid, southwestern Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5890

Local paddler demonstrates kayak techniques in the Greenlandic town of Qaqortoq, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5888

Iceberg calved from glacier from the Greenland Icecap in Bowdoin Fjord, Inglefield Gulf, Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5880

Sunburst on iceberg in De Dodes Fjord (Fjord of the Dead), Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5884

A hole in an iceberg in De Dodes Fjord (Fjord of the Dead), Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5879

Iceberg calved from glacier from the Greenland Icecap in Bowdoin Fjord, Inglefield Gulf, Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5881

Mackenzie Bugt, Myggbukta, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5886

The harbor in the small Greenlandic village of Qaqortoq, formerly Julianehab, in southern Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5887

Sunburst on iceberg in Holms O, Baffin Bay, on the northwest coast of Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5878

Iceberg calved from glacier from the Greenland Icecap in De Dodes Fjord (Fjord of the Dead), Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5882

Iceberg in Holms O, Baffin Bay, on the northwest coast of Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5885

Iceberg calved from glacier from the Greenland Icecap in De Dodes Fjord (Fjord of the Dead), Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5883

Adult female common basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus), Coiba Island, Coiba National Park, Panama, Central America - 1112-5873

Adult red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus), Gamboa, Gatun Locks, Panama, Central America - 1112-5871

Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens), perched on palm trees, Isla Iguana Wildlife Refuge, Panama, Central America - 1112-5869

Adult crested guan (Penelope purpurascens), Barro Colorado Island, Gatun Lake, Panama, Central America - 1112-5870

Ships in transit in the Miraflores Locks towards Lake Gatun, near Gamboa, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America - 1112-5876

Adult female common basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus), Coiba Island, Coiba National Park, Panama, Central America - 1112-5872

Cargo ships being loaded on Lake Gatun, near Gamboa, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America - 1112-5877

Adult mantled howler (Alouatta palliata), Barro Colorado Island, Gatun Lake, Panama, Central America - 1112-5874

Ships in transit in the Miraflores Locks towards Lake Gatun, near Gamboa, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America - 1112-5875

The harbor in Sisimiut, in Danish Holsteinsborg, on Davis Strait, the second-largest city in Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5867

Huge icebergs at Cape Brewster, the easternmost point of the jagged and mountainous Savoia Peninsula, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5862

Mackenzie Bay (Mackenzie Bugt), a bay of the Greenland Sea in King Christian X Land, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5865

Huge icebergs at Cape Brewster, the easternmost point of the jagged and mountainous Savoia Peninsula, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5864

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), flukes-up diving in Mackenzie Bay, Greenland Sea, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5866

Sea ice and icebergs calved from the Christian IV Glacier, Nansen Fjord, eastern Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5861

Great shearwater (Ardenna gravis), in flight over a calm sea along the eastern coast of Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5860

Huge icebergs at Cape Brewster, the easternmost point of the jagged and mountainous Savoia Peninsula, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5863

The harbor in Sisimiut, in Danish Holsteinsborg, on Davis Strait, the second-largest city in Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5868

The tidewater Igdlorssuit Glacier reaching down to the sea, Prins Christian Sund, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5854

River beauties (dwarf fireweed) and a small waterfall from melt-water river from Igdlorssuit Glacier, Prins Christian Sund, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5857

Adult bull killer whale (Orcinus orca), power-lunging while feeding on fish along the coast of eastern Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5858

Killer whales (Orcinus orca), power-lunging while feeding on fish along the coast of eastern Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5859

Church at Greenland's largest, best-preserved Norse farmstead ruins at Hvalsey, Qaqortukulooq, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5848

River beauties (dwarf fireweed) line the edge of a melt-water river from Igdlorssuit Glacier, Prins Christian Sund, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5855

The tidewater Igdlorssuit Glacier reaching down to the sea, Prins Christian Sund, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5852

Aerial view of Nuuk (Godthab), the Capital and the largest city in Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5851

Hiker in open tundra and columnar basalt in Brededal, Disko Island, Qeqertarsuaq, Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5845

Large iceberg calved from a nearby glacier in Blomster Bugten, Flower Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5844

Polar bear cubs of the year (Ursus maritimus), foraging for food with mother nearby, Cape Brewster, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5850

Open tundra and columnar basalt in Brededal, Disko Island, Qeqertarsuaq, Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5846

Church at Greenland's largest, best-preserved Norse farmstead ruins at Hvalsey, Qaqortukulooq, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5847

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), with two cubs of the year foraging for food at Cape Brewster, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5849

River beauties (dwarf fireweed) line the edge of a melt-water river from Igdlorssuit Glacier, Prins Christian Sund, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5856

The tidewater Igdlorssuit Glacier reaching down to the sea, Prins Christian Sund, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5853

The Lutheran Cathedral in Nuuk (Godthab), the Capital and the largest city in Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5839

The hot springs at Romer Fjord, Scoresbysund, eastern Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5843

The statue of Hans Egede in Nuuk (Godthab), the Capital and largest city in Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5841

Tours amongst icebergs calved from the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5834

Aerial view of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ilulissat Icefjord, near Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5828

View from the outer bay of the third largest city in Greenland, Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5830

The Lutheran Cathedral in Nuuk (Godthab), the Capital and the largest city in Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5840

Tours amongst icebergs calved from the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5835

Tours amongst icebergs calved from the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5836

Tours amongst icebergs calved from the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5837

Massive icebergs calved from the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5832

View from the outer bay of the third largest city in Greenland, Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5831

View from the outer bay of the third largest city in Greenland, Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5829

Massive icebergs calved from the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ilulissat, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5833

The hot springs at Romer Fjord, Scoresbysund, eastern Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5842

Nuuk (Godthab), the Capital and the largest city in Greenland, on the southwestern coast, Greenland, Polar Regions - 1112-5838

Former British Base A, now a museum and post office at Port Lockroy on tiny Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions - 1112-5823

Sunrise on snow-covered mountains and dense sea ice in Neumayer Channel, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica, Polar Regions - 1112-5818

An adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), hauled out on ice near Booth Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions - 1112-5804

Snow-covered mountains, glaciers, and icebergs in Lindblad Cove, Charcot Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions - 1112-5810

Basalt pinnacle and cliffs in English Strait in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Polar Regions - 1112-5809

Tidewater glacier and brash ice in Cierva Cove, Hughes Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions - 1112-5807

Interior of former British Base A, now a museum and post office at Port Lockroy on tiny Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions - 1112-5825

Snow-covered mountains, glaciers, and brash ice in Cierva Cove, Hughes Bay, Antarctica, Polar Regions - 1112-5805

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