Polar Bear - Svalbard - 18
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The resting female with the radio collar at bottom watches another bear that had been attracted to the seal carcass on the beach. The saw each other and ignored each other, one staying for a nap on a cool bed of snow and the second heading off after sampling the seal.
Photo; © Paul Ward - These are pictures from a cruise around Svalbard inside the Arctic Circle in high summer.