Blooming moss campion at Point Storkersen on the Arctic coastal plain of Alaska

Photo of moss campion flowering at Point Storkersen on the Arctic coastal plain of Alaska. Moss campion or cushion pink, is a small mountain-dwelling wildflower that is common all over the high arctic and tundra. This was one of many study site locations of waterbird-oriented ecosystem studies in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska from 1974-1992.