A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with one cub after a feed on a seal carcass. The seal was brought down by a huge male, which fed, and fed until it could swallow no more and withdrew to rest between the feasting. During these intervals this mother sneaked up to the seal with her cub and ate all they could until the male came back for another round.
Eventually the seal was fully consumed and this mother and her cub went on their way to check out new possibilities, of which the ship I’m on was extremely interesting.
Here she’s sniffing the ocean coming up between cracks in the sea ice.
Last updated on 21 June 2024
