On a bank a polar bear ( ursus maritimus) eats the carcass of a whale. Phippsøya, Svalbard, Norway

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At this place three weeks later a polar bear was shot and killed after attacking and injuring a cruise ship guard. This picture has been done from a boat in safe distance

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Location: Spitsbergen, Svalbard und Jan Mayen
Photo credit: © aldiami/Andreas Alexander / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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