Caption

Scavenging polar bear (Ursus maritimus) eating the carcass of a stranded dead minke whale on the coast of Wahlbergøya, Svalbard, Svalbard, Norway

Date

Sep 16, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Olaf Krüger

Reference

BRK26G42_130

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

47.3Mb (15.8Mb) / 11.1in x 16.6in / 3319 x 4978 (300dpi)

Keywords

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