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Summer on Walrus Island

Tiny Walrus Island above Hudson's Bay, at 1200 meters by 600 meters, is barren rock where about 1,000 walrus haul out, and where 2 polar bears spend the summer, waiting for sea ice and seal hunting. She subsists on walrus carcasses and the odd fish she can catch.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2019
Date Uploaded: 09.2019
Photo Location: Canada
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Don Campbell