Caption

Lone polar bear (Ursus maritimus) hunting on pack ice, picking up scent of prey in the Arctic Ocean along the Svalbard coast, Spitsbergen, Norway, Europe

Date

Oct 29, 2024

Credit line

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

Reference

BRK25G02_042

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (2,6Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

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