Caption

Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) adult in breeding plumage resting on ice floe in the Arctic Ocean in summer, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, Europe

Date

Jun 10, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi / Arterra / Sven-Erik Arndt

Reference

BRK25A78_275

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.4Mb (3.6Mb) / 16.1in x 10.7in / 4825 x 3216 (300dpi)

Keywords

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