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SvalbardNorwayMammalsUrsidae

28 Jul 2016

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

A scruffy and lethargic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) resting on a shore on an islet that not long ago was under a…

by morten

SvalbardNorwayMammals

28 Jul 2016

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

A young walrus resting comfortably on ice from the calving icecap (which can be seen in the back) of the White island…

by morten

SvalbardNorwayMammalsOdobenidae

28 Jul 2016

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) utilizes their tusks as ice picks when they haul themselves up onto an ice float, and…

by morten

SvalbardNorwayMammals

28 Jul 2016

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

My close encounter with the population of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) on the eastern side of the White Island (Kvitøya)…

by morten

SvalbardNorwayMammalsUrsidae

27 Jul 2016

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

A mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and cub checking out new possibilities on the summer sea ice north of…

by morten

SvalbardNorwayMammalsUrsidae

27 Jul 2016

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with one cub after a feed on a seal carcass. The seal was brought down by a huge…

by morten

SvalbardNorwayMammalsUrsidae

27 Jul 2016

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

We had to go further north than ever before to reach the sea ice this year, and after a long while searching in vain we…

by morten

SvalbardNorwayMammalsUrsidae

27 Jul 2016

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

This is one of several amazing moments this female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and her cub shared with us, at 81.31…

by morten

SvalbardNorwayMammalsOdobenidae

26 Jul 2016

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

These clumsy and fat mammals on land are amazingly fast and agile in the ocean! This encounter by the Seven Islands…

by morten

NorwaySvalbardPanoramaNature

20 Mar 2015

Svalbard spring

Several hours ago I watched the total solar eclipse which coincided with spring equinox. In Svalbard, March is one of…

by morten

NorwaySvalbardEclipse

20 Mar 2015

2015 total solar eclipse

This total eclipse of the sun was very hard to see from land as only the islands of Svalbard and Faroe was in the path…

by morten

SvalbardNorwayPattedyrUrsidae

12 Jul 2006

Isbjørn (Ursus maritimus)

På avstand er det ikke lett å se at isflaket huser 3 isbjørner! Disse to ungene og moren hadde nok svømt langt da det…

by morten