Inupiaq subsistence hunter cleans the meat off skull of a recently caught polar bear Ursus maritimus by dragging it

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Size: 3355px × 5050px
Location: Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean Utqiagvik Barrow North Slope Brooks Range Alaska
Photo credit: © Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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