Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on shore against the light, Barter Island, North of the Arctic Circle, Alaska.

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Shooting date : 2016-09-24

Each year, between 50 and 100 polar bears gather around the village of Kaktovic to feed on the carcasses of whales fished by the native (Inuit). The bears await the formation of the pack ice to go up to the great North where they will feed mainly on seals.

Keywords

Animal / Wild animal / Chordate / Vertebrate / Synapsid / Therapsid / Mammal / Carnivoran / Bear / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Shot / Three quarter shot

World sea and ocean / Arctic Ocean / Beaufort Sea

Shot / Black background

America / North America / United States of America / Western United States / Pacific States / Alaska / Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

September

Species / Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) / CITES Appendix 2

Area / Strand / Sand shore

Species / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Threatened endangered species / Vulnerable (IUCN) VU

America / North America / United States of America / North American protected areas (United States)

Best of

Ambiance / Seasons / Temperate season / Autumn

America / North America / United States of America / Western United States / Pacific States / Alaska

Arctic

Species / Diet pattern / Carnivore (diet)

Ambiance / Dark

Ambiance / Twilight

Light effect / Backlighting

Shot / Overview

Motion / Locomotion / Gait / Walk

Species / Relation between species / Predation / Predator

Individual / Stage of development / Adult

Individual / Nobody

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Gnathostomata / Euteleostomi / Sarcopterygii / Rhipidistia / Tetrapodomorpha / Tetrapoda / Synapsida / Eupelycosauria / Therapsida / Cynodontia / Mammalia / Carnivora / Ursidae / Ursus

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