Caption

On a snowy summer day, a polar bear (Ursos maritimus) is forced onto land due to lack of sea ice, highlighting climate change and global warming, Sallyhamna, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway

Date

Aug 10, 2010

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Alessandra Meniconzi

Reference

BRK26B89_468

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

53.9Mb (8.4Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3544 (300dpi)

Keywords

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