
Polar Bears (61 images)
In late September, 2010, Ed and Georgia Bennett of Bennett Images traveled to Kaktovik Alaska, where every fall the polar bears gather waiting for the Arctic Ocean to freeze. A highlight of their trip was seeing two polar bear cubs playing in the freezing water.
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This cub is one of dozens of polar bears which...
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Two polar bear cubs play in slush ice along a...
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One of the attractions of Kaktovic for the both...
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A polar bear cub, still wet from swimming, runs...
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A polar bear cub stands on a log near Kaktovik,...
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A polar bear cub is lit by the evening sun as...
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A polar bear cub experiencing the first snow...
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A polar bear cub is lit by the evening sun as...
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A curious polar bear cub approaches the...
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A polar bear cub testing the newly forming ice....
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Two polar bear cubs are lit by the evening sun...
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Two polar bear cubs explore the shoreline along...
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Two polar bear cubs mock fight while following...
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A polar bear cub scratches an itch along the...
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A polar bear cub nuzzles its mother on a...
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A polar bear cub nuzzles its mother on a...
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A polar bear cub nuzzles its mother on a...
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A cub nuzzles his mother before returning to...
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A cub nuzzles his mother before returning to...
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A cub nuzzles his mother before returning to...
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A polar bear cub swims in slush ice along a...
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Two polar bear cubs swim in slush ice along a...
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Two polar bear cubs swim in slush ice along a...
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A polar bear approaches the shoreline along a...
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A polar bear yawns while standing near the...
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Two polar bear cubs swim in slush ice along a...
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Two polar bear cubs play in slush ice along a...
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These twin cubs are having a romp as the ice...
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A sow watches over her playing cubs. Every...
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Baby Feet. This cub is playing in the icy water...
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A polar bear rests along the shoreline of a...
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A photographer takes pictures of a polar bear...
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Every fall, polar bears gather near the...
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Every fall, polar bears gather near the...
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This cub is running straight for the icy water....
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And it's head first at full speed for this cub....
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A sow rests on a patch of ice seemingly...
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A polar bear rests along shoreline on a barrier...
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A mother polar bear checks out her cub while...
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A flock of birds gathers in rapidly freezing...
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A polar bear scratches its leg on a barrier...
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A polar bear scratches its chin on a barrier...
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A polar bear scratches under its chin on a...
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A polar bear licks a paw on a barrier island...
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A polar bear looks up while on a barrier island...
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Every fall, polar bears gather near the...
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Waiting for the ice. Every fall, polar bears...
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Every fall, polar bears gather near the...
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Every fall, polar bears gather near the...
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Every fall, polar bears gather near the...
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The sun sets over freezing ocean ice near...
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Sunset over a barrier island, just outside of...
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One of the attractions of Kaktovic for the both...
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One of the attractions of Kaktovic for the both...
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One of the attractions of Kaktovic for the both...
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One of the attractions of Kaktovic for the both...
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Kaktovik, AK as viewed from one of the barrier...
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Photographers visiting to photograph the bears...
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Waves eat at the forming ice on the edge of a...
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A visitor venturing into the Arctic Ocean on a...
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These ptarmigan seem unfazed by the snowstorm...