The World’s Most Extreme Nursery Suspended Over an Abyss

The Arctic coast, the Arctic coast. A harsh and dramatic landscape. The Kittiwake gull stands steadfast on its precarious ledge. The newly hatched Kittiwake chick, still damp and weak, rests awkwardly beside the shards of its former home. Hundreds of gulls take to the sky in a swirling mass against a fiery, dramatic sunset. In this harsh, dramatic landscape, survival instinct drives the Kittiwake. This untamed, dynamic world is constantly battered by wind and crashing waves. A thick... Then adults are sleek seabirds, moving with fierce survival instinct. Here, an adult arrives with a beak... A solitary chick, covered in down, sits hunkered down on a dark, wet rock ledge. The adult Kittiwake gull banks sharply to the left, its pristine, white underfeathers catching the golden rays of the evening sun.