Where can you see the Thick-billed Murre?
Some of the best places to see the Thick-billed Murre in the wild include South Spitsbergen National Park (Norway), St. Paul Island (United States) and Varanger National Park (Norway) — among 8 wildlife hotspots across Norway, the United States and Greenland. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Forlandet 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 PARKNorthern Isfjorden National Park
Norway
+22 birds+12 mammals
Granite peaks plunge into the fjord’s crystalline waters, their cliffs carved by ancient ice and crowned with Arctic tundra. This […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthwest Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+26 birds+4 mammals
Where Arctic tundra surrenders to jagged peaks and tidewater glaciers, a landscape of raw grandeur unfolds across the northwestern reaches […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNuuk Fjord System
Nuuk, Greenland
+30 birds+5 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge directly into the Arctic Ocean, a labyrinth of deep fjords carves through Greenland’s southwestern coast, their […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPESassen-Bünsow Land National Park
Soere, Norway
+15 birds+2 mammals
Where Arctic tundra sprawls across glaciated plateaus in the remote Svalbard archipelago, a realm of raw geological drama unfolds. Sassen-Bünsow […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSouth Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+19 birds+5 mammals
Towering peaks of dark basalt and pale marble thrust skyward across the Arctic archipelago, their flanks sculpted by ancient glaciers […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSt. Paul Island
Saint Paul, United States
+131 birds+2 mammals
Windswept tundra rolls across this remote Pribilof island, where volcanic basalt cliffs plunge into the Bering Sea and fog rolls […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEVaranger National Park
Båtsfjord, Norway
+70 birds+13 mammals
Where the Arctic tundra meets the Barents Sea, vast plateaus of birch woodland and dwarf shrub heath roll across northeastern […]
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