Caption

Arctic Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) during plumage care, Terns (Sterninae), gravel ground, rock, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard

Date

Jun 11, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Wolfgang Veeser

Reference

BRK25L85_218

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

47,1Mb (2,3Mb) / 16,6in x 11,0in / 4970 x 3313 (300dpi)

Keywords

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