High-Arctic plants species challenge you to get on all fours, with your face very close to the ground, and take a proper look at the beautiful little details on all those tiny mosses, shrubs and flowers. Easily overlooked on a hike, but amazing to discover as you zoom in further and further.

Linocuts of three characteristic Svalbard plant species.

Cassiope tetragona, whose leaves grow like scales in four distinct rows
Catkin of the tiny willow species Salix polaris
Papaver dahlianum, or “Svalbard poppy”

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