Where can you see the Arctic Tern?
Some of the best places to see the Arctic Tern in the wild include Abisko National Park (Sweden), Skuleskogen (Sweden) and South Spitsbergen National Park (Norway) — among 27 wildlife hotspots across 9 countries, including Norway, Greenland, Canada and Sweden. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Abisko National Park
Norrbottens län, Sweden
+78 birds+13 mammals
Where Arctic tundra meets boreal forest beneath Sweden’s northernmost sky, one of Europe’s most pristine wilderness reserves unfolds across the […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDisko Bay
Kitsissuarsuit, Greenland
+15 birds+5 mammals
Icebergs the size of cathedrals calve continuously from Greenland’s second-largest glacier into waters that pulse with Arctic vitality. Here, where […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEDovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park
Trøndelag, Norway
+81 birds+12 mammals
Where alpine plateaus meet ancient mountain ranges, a vast wilderness of windswept ridges and deep valleys unfolds across central Norway. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKForlandet National Park
Vera, Norway
+24 birds+4 mammals
Windswept Arctic tundra meets jagged coastal cliffs where the Barents Sea crashes against Norway’s northernmost wilderness. This sliver of protected […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGlacier Bay National Park
Unorganized Borough, United States
+12 birds+19 mammals
Tidewater glaciers calve thunderous bergs into pristine fjords where the Alaskan wilderness reaches its most dramatic expression. Spanning 26,400 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKHamburgisches Wattenmeer National Park
Hamburg, Germany
+134 birds+21 mammals
Where the Elbe River surrenders to the North Sea, a vast tapestry of mud flats, salt marshes, and shallow tidal […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIlulissat Icefjord
Ilulissat, Greenland
+28 birds+4 mammals
Where the Arctic’s most dynamic glacier meets the sea, colossal icebergs calve with thunderous force into a fjord that transforms […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPELahemaa National Park
Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
+111 birds+15 mammals
Where primordial forests meet crystalline coastlines, Estonia’s largest national park unfolds across 1,304 square kilometers of Nordic wilderness. Granite bedrock, […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
Dunum, Germany
+124 birds+28 mammals
Tidal mud flats stretch to the horizon where the North Sea exhales and inhales twice daily, sculpting one of Europe’s […]
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