Title

Ivory gull

Caption

Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) adult, feeding, scavenging on the carcass of polar bears (Ursus maritimus), on pack ice, Spitsbergen

Date

Oct 10, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Bernd Rohrschneider

Reference

BRK22F07_129

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.9Mb (18.0Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3546 (300dpi)

Keywords

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