Since 2002, Robert B. Haas has focused exclusively on aerial photography in a quest to capture the grandeur of all Earth’s large landmasses from the air. “Through the Eyes of the Vikings,” released today, is the third book in his collection. Hass, who previously transformed vistas of African and Latin American landscapes and cityscapes, has focused his lens on the regions that transect the Arctic Circle—Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland—which he photographed over a three-year period. This book tells a story about an endangered, raw region whose astonishing beauty is worth preserving for its own sake, and whose precarious fate will impact the entire planet.

Industrial by-products form a swirling palette at a waste-treatment facility on Langøya Island south of Oslo in Norway.

Dark clouds encroach upon the sweeping ice and snow in western Iceland.

A moose and its calf provide intersecting tracks along nearly pristine snow cover south of Inuvik in the Mackenzie River Delta, Canada.

Bay of Bothnia, Sweden. Recycling pools beside a lumber facility near the port city of Karlsborg pock the landscape like shots through tempered glass.

Snowmobile tracks crisscross the surface of a melting pond in Kiruna, Sweden.

A clam digger pokes away in search of supper along Cook Inlet in Clam Gulch, Alaska.

In Alaska, sunlight sparkles along the Neacola River’s banks and its tidal flats.

© All photographs by Yassine Ouhilal

Yassine Ouhilal captures surfer Cheyne Cottrell riding an icy wave amidst the snow-capped mountains of Norway’s Arctic. This shot was taken around 11 PM due to the high latitude and prevailing midnight sun.

Photographer Yassine Ouhilal, known as “Yazzy,” recently traveled to Norway’s Arctic Circle for a surfing expedition feature with Outside magazine. In Norway, Yazzy was also able to shoot for Eddie Bauer, who sponsored the trip. He produced a documentary while traveling that is posted on YouTube, and which has been seen in 200 countries.

Following a custom in surfing culture, Pat Millin named this “spot” Whitmills after he became the first surfer to ride a wave at this location.

Aurora Borealis in Northern Norway.

This memorial for Canadian Folk Artist, Maud Lewis, is made of stainless steel sheets with lights shining from within.

Europe’s largest glacier, Vatnajokull, Iceland, photographed from the air.

The dark rocks and vegetation of Iceland’s interior absorb heat, unlike ice and snow, which would normally reflect it back to the atmosphere. This is a contributing factor in the increased global temperatures.

The glacier’s last dance: giant icebergs flow into the lagoon and go out to sea where the action of waves, saltwater, and sun ultimately play the final note.

Daughters #19, 2000 © Margaret M. de Lange/Courtesy of Foley Gallery, NYC

Margaret M. de Lange’s first solo exhibition at Foley Gallery features her series entitled, Daughters, in which she presents black and white photographs taken of her two daughters during the summers of their childhood in Norway. Though the project began in 1993 and continued through 2002, it wasn’t until both daughters were old enough to grant their permission did de Lange take the step of exhibiting the work. Daughters will be on view through January 30 at Foley Gallery, New York City.