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Female Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) | Svalbard

Female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) that had a single young cub, only a few months old. Polar bears usually have two cubs. It is possible that this female lost a cub. The stain on her nose is blood from a seal that she and her cub had been feeding upon. Photographed in northern Svalbard.

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Female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) that had a single young cub, only a few months old. Polar bears usually have two cubs. It is possible that this female lost a cub. The stain on her nose is blood from a seal that she and her cub had been feeding upon. Photographed in northern Svalbard.