Arctic Coming To Life Puzzle

The Arctic Coming To Life has been on my wish list for quite some time now.  Also, I have never had the opportunity to try the Vermont Christmas jigsaw puzzle Brand.  Now I have accomplished two desires here. One being the image and the other trying this brand. I was not disappointed!

Brand: Vermont Christmas Jigsaw Puzzles

Title: Arctic Coming To Life

Artist: Jan Patrik Krasny

Pieces: 1000

Size: 30" x 24"

To assist assembling the Arctic Coming To Life puzzle border I laid out all the flat edge pieces which make up the border as shown at the top right.

To the right is the finished border that went together easily enough by following the images on the box cover.

The puzzle size is 24" x 30" making the sorting/layout process use 3 foam boards as shown below.

Also due to the size of this puzzle I used my modified foam boards that are cut specifically at 24" x 30" and used clear wide packing tape to seal the seams. 

I knew right from the start that I was going to leave the center area with the polar bears, water and icebergs until the end so I start with the red books on the left bottom and the clock on the right side of the mantle shelf.  Next I went for the pastel coloured sky with the birds in flight. That was followed by what I could see of the frame border where nature was 'Arctic Coming  To Life'.  The last challenge was of course the Polar Bears mixed amongst the water and icebergs.  Even though I anticipated this area to be testy, it was not too bad - I have had harder tests in other puzzles.