Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), submarine image. View through the periscope of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) of a y

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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), submarine image. View through the periscope of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) of a young polar bear investigating the open water around the submarine's rudder, while surfaced. Photographed in the Arctic Circle, 280 miles from the North Pole, in October 2003.

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Size: 3665px × 2400px
Photo credit: © U S Navy/Alphonso Braggs/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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