Walrus Male - Maxwell Bay, Prince Leopold Island

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Walrus Male - Maxwell Bay, Prince Leopold Island


He was trying his best to remain aloof and disinterested shuffling about on what looked like a not very comfortable bit of ice, when in a moment of uncoolness the rotten ice broke beneath him and dumped him in the water at which point he dived and we lost him.

Air temp: +4ºC Latitude: 74º02'N Longitude: 89º52'W



Photo; © Paul Ward - These are pictures from a cruise to the High Arctic in high summer, from Resolute Bay, Canada to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.