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SVALBARD { 20 images } Created 9 Apr 2014

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  • Hoping to catch an easy meal, a polar bear runs on the fragile ice towards a seal coming catching a breath.
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  • A yawning polar bear wakes up from its slumber on the drifting ice, in the archipelago of Svalbard. Polar bears sleep seven to eight hours a day and will nap often to conserve energy. That energy is used to swim or walk over long distances in the search for seals, their main staple.
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  • A puffin (Fratercula arctica) flies in the dusky polar sky, near the northern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
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  • A polar bear stands on a thin ice sheet while sniffing the air.
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  • The full moon rises over the Advent valley near Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
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  • A ringed seal surfaces to catch a breath of air, near the island of Nordaustlandet in the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, unaware of the presence of a polar bear, its greatest predator. Although they are polar bears’ main prey, ringed seals and most arctic animals face a greater danger: the gradual disappearance of Arctic sea ice due to climate change.
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  • The Hjortfjellet mountain rises from the floor of the Advent valley, clouds glow and stars sparkle. This is the Polar Night. This is Svalbard.
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  • Polar Bear Yawning, Svalbard
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  • Dog Sledding On A Full Moon, Svalbard
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  • With the midnight sun casting a warm glow over the icy landscape, a polar bear crosses the frozen plain near Borebreen, one of Spitsbergen's many glaciers, in the high arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
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  • Svalbard's polar bears will look for seals in all weather. Sniff, walk, wait, attack, eat, rest. That's the plan!
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  • A puffin glides over the floating ice on an summer day, off the western coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. When underwater, puffins use their wings to swim, just as they do when they fly, and use their webbed feet for direction.
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  • A polar bear roams on the floating ice, near the remains of a seal which it attacked and killed. In Svalbard, the life of arctic mammals life is a constant balancing act between survival, breeding and feeding. For polar bears, fat from ringed seals is the main staple. They will wait for long time near breathing holes in the ice or approach the ice edge stealthily before pouncing.
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  • How quickly seasons change! The first snow of the year fell in Svalbard a few days ago. In Northern Norway, the Aurora is starting to be visible. In a few months, the 'Polar Night' will set on Svalbard until March 2016.
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  • A polar bear approaches slowly towards the camera, Spitsbergen. Svalbard
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  • A puffin glides over the floating ice, in the high arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Puffins can fly as fast as 90 km/h and beat their wings more than 400 times per minute. Except during the breeding season, from late April to mid August, large groups of puffins form "rafts" and float on the Atlantic Ocean, between the east coast of Canada to the north western coast of Europe.
    SVALBARD_arctic_puffin_flying_over_i...jpg
  • Polar bear asleep on an ice flow, Spitsbergen, Svalbard
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  • A small iceberg floats near the shore, in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, while the midnight sun shines right above the horizon.
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  • Thousands of stars shine through the Aurora Borealis on  a dark winter night in Svalbard.
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  • Puffin flying over the drifting ice, in the north west of Spitsbergen island, Svalbard.
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