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White bear

    • WORLD / Bears - A Year in the Life / November / A young male carries on his back the mark of an encounter with another bear, probably a larger male, The animals are amazingly resilient and can survive serious injuries if given sufficient time to heal...© Matthias Breiter / Anzenberger

Bears - A year in the Life

    • Polar Bear mother & cubs on the shore of Hudson Bay. Cape Churchill. Canada

Polar bear

    • Sunlit portrait of adult Polar Bear facing the camera. Canada.

Polar bear

    • Female Polar Bear swimming amongst ice floes, in summer ice. Spitsbergen. Svalbard.

Polar bear

    • Female Polar Bear climbs out of the sea onto an ice floe, in summer ice. Spitsbergen. Svalbard.

Polar bear

    • Young female Polar Bear wanders on summer pack ice looking for seals to hunt. Svalbard.

Polar bear

    • Polar bear has trouble crossing from one ice floe to another in summer pack ice. Spitsbergen.

Polar bear

    • The iconic road sign with a white bear on a black background, and the mountains of Adventdalen in the distance. Spitsbergen.

Polar bear

    • Bears, A Year in the Life

Polar bear

    • Bears, A Year in the Life

Polar bear

    • Bears, A Year in the Life, January.

Polar bear

    • Bears. A Year in the Life. June. A female with her cubs tests the sturdiness of a sheet of ice. For polar bears a successful hunt often depends on accurately judging the thickness of a layer of ice or snow in order to be able to break through with a single pounce, preventing their prey from escaping.

Polar bear

    • Bears. A Year in the Life. June

Polar bear

    • Bears. A Year in the Life. March. The trek out to the sea ice is an ardous undertaking for the new cubs. The female frequently stops to nurse and rest her offspring. *** Bears. A Year in the Life. March. The trek out to the sea ice is an ardous undertaking for the new cubs. The female frequently stops to nurse and rest her offspring.

Polar bear

    • Bears, A Year in the Life / March..© Matthias Breiter / Anzenberger

Polar bear

    • Bears, A Year in the Life, Cooling off by dissipating heat through his arm and leg pits, a polar bear relaxes spread-eagled on the ice, Polar bear numbers were in steep decline and threatened by increased hunting pressure untile five polar bear nations - Canada, USA, Denmark, Norway and Russia - signed a landmark agreement in 1973 on the protection of the animals and their habitat.

Polar bear

    • Bears, A Year in the Life

Polar bear

    • POLAR BEARS Ursus maritimus

Polar bear

    • Polar bear, Ursus maritimus, in summer,.Spitzbergen, Svalbard

Polar bear

    • Polar bear, Ursus maritimus, in summer,.Spitzbergen, Svalbard

Polar bear

    • Polar bear, Ursus maritimus, in summer,.Spitzbergen, Svalbard...©Fritz Polking / The Image Works

Polar bear