Photo of the Day

A polar bear investigates a whale bone in Svalbard
July 13, 2011

Polar Bear With Whale Bone

This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures

Ashore on Svalbard, a male polar bear investigates a whale's backbone. Fat reserves from hunting ringed and bearded seals, and sometimes walruses, must carry bears through lean summers.

See more pictures from the July 2011 feature story "On Thin Ice".


See more pictures of polar bears »
See pictures of the North and South Poles »

Photograph by Florian Schulz
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