Caption

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) playing with washed ashore garbage and discarded nylon fishing net along the coast of Svalbard, Spitsbergen in summer

Date

Jul 19, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi / Arterra

Reference

BRK26B22_052

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,5Mb (2,9Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4252 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

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