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A lone musk ox in the wild.

Musk ox are usually in groups but this loner traveled south from the Seward Peninsula to near the Norton Sound Coast of Alaska. This photo was taken in late June when most of it's qiviut or natural hair shed on willows and branches.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2015
Date Uploaded: 09.2016
Photo Location: Unalakleet, Alaska, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D7100
Copyright: © Annabelle Cunningham