A decomposing bear skull sits on the tundra floor near the Utukok River at the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska June 17, 2017 near Umiat, Alaska.

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A decomposing bear skull sits on the tundra floor near the Utukok River at the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska June 17, 2017 near Umiat, Alaska.

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Size: 5150px × 3863px
Location: near Umiat, Alaska
Photo credit: © BLM Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: alaska, animal, arctic, bear, blm, dead, decomposing, habitat, horizontal, large, mammal, national, outdoors, people, petroleum, reserve, river, skeleton, skull, states, tundra, ukutok, umiat, united, usa, wild, wildlife