One of my favorite attractions in Washington DC is the National Geographic Museum at 1600 M Street. The main museum is showing the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit, but as always, there are exhibits of photographs from current and past National Geographic photojournalists.

These photos were taken by Paul Nicklen, a National Geographic photographer who specializes in the Arctic, Antarctica and everywhere cold in between. Nicklen moved to Baffin Island as a child, where he learned Inuktitut. He worked as a wildlife biologist for a few years before turning to photography full time, teaching himself as he went.

About 40 of his photographs of wildlife such as seals, walruses, birds, whales and narwhals are hanging at National Geographic’s free gallery.  The show is called “Polar Obsessions” and it runs through March 25.

Stay warm!