An Ice Rest
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Polar bear having a nice rest on an ice floe.
The sea ice is shrinking at an alarming rate, which has a huge impact for the bears as this is their main hunting ground. More and more bears are being found to have drowned while trying to find the ice, even though they can swim up to sixty miles or so!
I hope the ice does not completely vanish and that they always have somewhere to hut!
(Spitsbergen – Scandinavian Arctic)
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Christopher E...
excellent image steve, you just dont realize how lucky you are to capture these creatures in their fading habit. im sure this is breaking your heart, it would mine.
Maria Dryfhout
Such a cold pillow… but it is a polar bear.
Perfect shot!
maremarie
How clever I was to put you on my watchlist….. otherwise I would have missed this picture! :-)
Mindy McGregor
Beautiful!!!!!
TIMKIELY
A BRILLANT IMAGE, WELL DONE
whalegeek
Fabulous image, Steve. Bears in their icy realms reign supreme!
jon daly
fabulous image
th3rd world order
wow
Cheryl Lunde
Brilliant! A fave!
Sarah Moore
You are so incredibly lucky to be able to photograph all these amazing animals in their natural habitat. What a gorgeous animal.
Blair Wainman
Incredible shot Steve!! This is a real masterpiece!!
zoompix
For such an endangered bear it looks so at peace with the world,
a truely beautiful image
Karen Moore
Beautiful, it sad as well knowing that soon they will be gone
Paul Scarsella
wow! amazing capture!
Marvin Collins
Gorgeous!!
Per E. Gunnarsen
WoW, brilliant shot…and hopefully polarbears will live forever!
AngelPhotozzz
This breaks my heart as well I feel so much for the beautiful polar bears but what breaks my heart even more is that there is so much controversy in Washington about the diminishing polar ice caps and weather or not they are really shrinking when we all know that they are.. I hope someday very soon they wise up and get an F… clue in time to save the bears and the penguins as I am sure they are in danger as well.. beautiful photo with a message!!!!
RickF
Great capture!
pryere
Superb.
Bravo.
Kimberly Peers
My prayers are with the animals losing their habitats. This is a compelling capture! Speaks for itself darlin!
elphonline
stunning
Carisma
I love your polar bears! and the colour of the ice is so beautiful!
Krys Bailey
A bit of a cold cushion, that but what an endearing capture, Steve! ;o)
Asoka
EXCELLENT!!!
~ Selle
At least he has some!
EarthGipsy
So cute! Awesome image ~ :)
Taschja Hattingh
Awwwh! This is a stunning picture as always! Yes it is alarming the rate the ice is melting! We should just make more people aware and try and prevent more carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. Our carbon is the highest in 125 years! STOP IT TODAY!
Tatiana R
Stunning!
Jan Cartwright
Exceptional, Steve! The color, the composition, the expression on the tired bear’s face – all perfect and so well captured.
Mariann Rea
Excellent image! :)
Michelle Dry
Wow! Absolutely gorgeous!
Les Magee
amazing…havent been on here for ages…hope yoou are well….this is sooo gorgeous
Sharon Mau
Your work is very beautiful, I love the three dimensional quality and sensational natural colours.
Phill Danze
This is just beautiful and inspires me to move this destination up my list.
sneha
awesome!!!!!!!1
IngridSonja
Beautiful!
lorilee
Sooooo beautiful!!! We must make every effort to do our part to save our environment!!!! Thank you for making us more aware of our responsibility in saving these fabulous animals!!!!! God bless your efforts!!!!!
Nature's Realm
Steve, this is such a great shot, thank you for sharing. – Dennis
dinghysailor1
superbly captured!!
annalisa56
Excellent !!!
Joanne Bradley
Wow, what an outstanding capture!
GailD
Nothing like a nice soft pillow for your head. Fantastic shot Steve. How fortunate you are to photograph these wonderful animals in their natural habitat.
Jesper Høgsdal
Amazing photo – well done!
Braedene
Fantastic image – so gorgeous against the turquoise blue of the ice – . Such a sad predicament for them as the ice is melting. Wonder what his thoughts are?
Rachael Macleod
wow what a shot, youre a lucky guy to see this!
Grantly
Steve, can we make floating platforms along their feeding routes for them, since we have melted their ice. Al they need is a place to rest on their travels.
terezadelpilar
what a fantastic summer day…:))) beautiful:))
LindaR
just stunning ~ what a moment xx
ShotsOfLove
Oh, he looks so comfy and relaxed. This is lovely.
I too hope their home will always be there for them. They’re fascinating and huge.
A.M. Ruttle
Man-oh-man, are we lucky to have you here on RB; thanks for your beautiful work, and for being so involved with Natural Developments!
Michelle Barlo...
Bravo Bravo Bravo
Ann J. Przyojski
It breaks my heart what is happening to these majestic animals. AWESOME capture.
CinB 28 days ago
gorgeous, fab capture