Polar Bear - Svalbard - 17
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The summer months are often a time of starvation for bears, they are mainly adapted for hunting large prey such as seals out on the sea-ice, when confined to land like this, they areeasy to spot for any potential prey and so are left to mainly scavenge on carrion.
Photo; © Paul Ward - These are pictures from a cruise around Svalbard inside the Arctic Circle in high summer.