• Home
  • About
  • BLOG (New!)
  • Calendars
  • Classes & Instruction
  • Conservation
  • Contact
  • Galleries
    • Alaska
    • Antarctica , South Orkneys & South Shetlands
    • Arctic
    • Art in Nature Photo Festival - 2020
    • Artistic & Monotone
    • Birds
    • Bosque del Apache
    • Botswana
    • California
    • Colombia
    • Costa Rica & Panama
    • Falklands & South Georgia Islands
    • Greenland
    • Landscapes
    • Marine Life
    • Mexico
    • Norway
    • Patagonia & South America
    • Polar Expedition Tours
    • Scotland & Shetland
    • Video
    • Wildlife
    • Winning Images
  • Gear
  • NEWS & NOTEBOOK
  • TESTIMONIALS
  • Workshops & Tours
  1. Galleries

Arctic

Read More
Polar Bear Sow & Cub (Ursus maritimus)
77 / 218

Polar Bear Sow & Cub (Ursus maritimus)

Alkefjellet, Lomfjordhalvøya,
Spitsbergen, Svalbard

This was a pitiful sight as we watched a female polar bear and her cub atop the high cliffs at Alkefjellet. These cliffs reach up to 100 meters. The sow appeared malnourished and looking for birds and eggs in order to produce milk for her cub. At times we feared the cub would fall as it attempted to follow its mother. Whether either made it to the winter when the ice would return is unknown. Image is heavily cropped since we were at such a distance, but I think it conveys the story.

  • Gull Chick
  • Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) & Gull
  • Tundra Wildflowers
  • Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)
  • Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)
  • Landscape Detail
  • Zodiac in the crystal clear water
  • Memorial
  • Glacial Ice
  • Atlantic Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus)
  • Atlantic Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
  • Atlantic Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
  • Atlantic Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus)
  • Atlantic Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus)
  • Atlantic Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
  • Atlantic Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus)
  • Polar Bear Sow & Cub (Ursus maritimus)
  • Bird Cliffs
  • Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) & Gull Attack
  • Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
  • No Comments
  • Photo Sharing
  • About SmugMug
  • Browse Photos
  • Prints & Gifts
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Owner Log In
© 2021 SmugMug, Inc.