pool of fresh water where polar bears Ursus maritimus were playing in on the frozen eastern Chukchi Sea Arctic Alaska

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Size: 5120px × 3401px
Location: open lead out on the Chukchi sea Utqiagvik Barrow Alaska
Photo credit: © Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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