PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NATURAL WORLD

ARCTIC WILDLIFE

Thomas Weisensel, Photographer


Picture of Polar Bears Dancing Polar Bear Dance
Ursus maritimus
Hudson Bay Shoreline
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
No. N1083
Limited Edition: 100

Young bears will "playfully fight" in what has been called the "Polar Dance". This activity is probably in preparation for serious fighting out on the ice to determine who is the strongest, and thus, who has the right to the best locations for food and for the right to mate.


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