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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Portrait of a Polar Bear

This photo of a young adult male polar bear was taken from a Tundra Buggy roving vehicle on the Arctic tundra in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Known as the polar bear capital of the world, this town on the coast of Hudson Bay is home to thousands of polar bears as they wait for the Bay to freeze.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Churchill, Canada
Camera: NIKON D3300
Copyright: © Maria Raveendran