Little Auk (Alle alle a.)
great-auk
the great auk can ate the fish
Illustrations from A history of British birds: this is page 1 of the gallery showing our artwork collection taken from this book.
The first set of photos are up and running! Photo/video the great Auk in anyway you chose on your travels around Iceland.
She will be suitable for her role as a tender/ using her for exploring rivers, bays, and coves under oar or sail will be a welcome addition.
The specimen from which I drew the figure of this singular looking bird, was procured at the mouth of the Kennebec river, in Maine. It was shot by a fisherman gunner, while standing on some floating...
Wild Auk pictured in 1973. She was built at A/S Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder in Bergen. As a Bergen design type reefer. Owner Federal Steam Navigation Comp. Ltd. Managed by P&O General Cargo Division London. Pictured she sails in CSAV charter.
A bird with a small horn on its beak.
If you rent a car in Iceland with GO Iceland, you can win all your rental fee back! Joe Woodcock is the winner of the Great Auk competition this month.
How much do you know about the Great Auk? Discover ten essential Great Auk facts about the penguin-like bird that went extinct in the 19th century.
An Egg of the Extinct Great Auk
Pinguinus impennis (alca impennis, Linn.)
Quaternary (approx. 200 years ago)
Icela
Extinct bird species
In 1991 Richard Wheeler fulfilled a lifelong dream and paddled his kayak along the migratory route of the now-extinct Great Auk from Newfoundland to Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. He dedicated much of his later years to supporting local conservation efforts and paddling through new adventures. Living on Earth pays a tribute to the late Wheeler, who died in February 2019, with a reprise of the story of his journey tracing the migration route of the Great Auk. Dick Wheeler teamed up with famed storyteller Jay O'Callahan to help him tell the story, and both men joined host Steve Curwood in the studio to recount the remarkable journey.
Sculpted in clay and plaster, casted in resin and assembled with found objects.
Deckerpair's Project
