The Arctic is one of the most extreme habitats in the world. Cold, dark and inhospitable at times - yet it is home to some of the largest mammals in the world such as blue whale, polar bear and walrus. They have all adapted to the extremes of this region. Even more, their survival is inevitably connected with each year’s return of ice and snow.

In the vast Arctic wilderness, we humans can be reminded of a world that existed before we dominated this planet. Some politicians once called the Arctic a barren wasteland, a flat white nothingness, implying that it is good only for exploitation. These statements fueled Florian’s desire to explore and thoroughly document the Arctic from all angles—the air, the land, the ice, and the sea—so that he could show others what an extraordinary place this is. What he found was far from a barren.

He was able to photograph tens of thousands of caribous wandering throw the golden tundra, millions of birds that undertake incredible migrations to build their nests in this distant land. Mother bears nursing their cubs, arctic foxes playing at their den or muskox roaming the tundra. For us humans the arctic might be a harsh barren wasteland but for the arctic wildlife it is their home. Even small increases in temperature will see their habitat like the ocean sea ice for polar bears - literally melt away. Scientist believe the Arctic will be ice free by 2035 if not much sooner.

It all began with the commission to create the photography for an accompanying book of the IMAX film "To the Arctic" by Greg MacGillivray. It was a year full of adventure. Three books, several exhibitions followed by a live speaking tour. The Arctic however has not lost its fascination for Florian and Emil.

Although the common perception of the Arctic is that it is a vast nothingness, Florian Schulz’s photographs reveal a world teeming with life amidst complex natural systems — systems that fuel our global economy and affect our health and environment.

An award-winning wildlife photographer, Schulz photographs throughout the circumpolar North, from Alaska to Canada, Greenland and Norway. To capture these images, he endure subfreezing temperatures, camping on ice sheets, diving beneath icebergs, and riding on dogsleds.

His photographs reveal the vast scale of the Arctic plain, which is host to migrating birds from around the globe, as well as the yearly migration of thousands of caribou. They also expose how the loss of polar ice and snow is dramatically altering the fabric of Arctic life on land and sea.