Female Atlantic walrus on ice on ice floe the animal s skin flushes pink when warm to dissipate heat

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Female Atlantic walrus on ice floe. The animals use ice as a base to feed from until it melts in late July when they leave to form colonies on remote shorelines.

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Size: 8716px × 5789px
Location: Foxe Basin,Igloolik,Nunavut,Canada
Photo credit: © louise murray / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: arctic, atlantic, baffin, canada, female, floe, fury, hecla, ice, igloolik, iglulik, island, nunavut, ocean, odobenus, rosmarus, strait, walrus