polar bears Ursus maritimus collared adult sow plays with her spring cubs on the pack ice along the arctic coast 1002 area

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polar bear Ursus maritimus collared adult sow with spring cub share a piece of bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus skin and blubber or muktuk along the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Alaska Beaufort Sea

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Size: 5050px × 3366px
Location: Bernard Spit, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Photo credit: © Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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