17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
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