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05: KONGSFJORD BEARS & EIDERS { 54 images } Created 24 Nov 2015

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  • Biologists Borge Moe and Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) look for polar bears from skiff before going ashore to study eider colony on small isle in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Elise Skottene looks for polar bears from bow of skiff before going ashore to study eider colony on small isle in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear stained with blood rests after devouring eggs and chicks in eider colony on small isle of Leirholmen in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear stained with blood rests after devouring eggs and chicks in eider colony on small isle of Leirholmen in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Emaciated polar bear searches for food on Leirholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Polar bear searches for food along coast near Krossfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Polar bear searches for food along coast near Krossfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Dead chicks, crushed eggs and scattered down feathers of eider duck nest are all that is left after a polar bear attack on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Dead chicks, crushed eggs and scattered down feathers of eider duck nest are all that is left after a polar bear attack on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Arctic terns wheel and dive on biologist walking near their breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Arctic terns dive on biologists standing too near breeding colony as team searches for marauding polar bears on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Arctic terns wheel and dive on biologist walking near their breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) carries a rifle and keeps an eye out for polar bear that raided his study site, a breeding eider duck colony, on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologists studying eider ducks and arctic terns keep an eye out for polar bear that recently raided one of their study nests on the small island of Storholmen in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) snags eider duck with fishing line lasso fixed to a pole during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) carries eider duck after snagging it with fishing line lasso fixed to a pole during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologists Borge Moe and Sveinn Are Hanssen (front/back, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) put leg band on eider duck during field research at breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologists Borge Moe and Sveinn Are Hanssen (front/back, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) measure wing of eider duck during field research at breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Two ID bands and a logger are affixed to eider duck's legs at breeding colony on Storhomen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologists Borge Moe and Sveinn Are Hanssen (front/back, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) weigh eider duck during field research at breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist measures head of eider duck during field research at breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Elise Skottene (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) carries eider duck during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Elise Skottene (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) carries eider duck during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologists Elise Skottene and Borge Moe (right/left) measure eider duck's wing during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologists Elise Skottene and Borge Moe (right/left) measure eider duck's wing during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologists Elise Skottene and Borge Moe (right/left) place eider duck in bag to weigh it during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologists Elise Skottene and Borge Moe (right/left) weigh eider duck during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Elise Skottene (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) weighs eider duck during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist draws blood sample from eider duck during field research on breeding colony at Storhomen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) measures eider duck eggs in study nest during field research at breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) measures eider duck eggs in study nest during field research at breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) measures eider duck eggs in study nest during field research at breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) carries field gear and pole with lasso affixed for snagging eider ducks during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) snags eider duck with fishing line lasso fixed to a pole during study of breeding colony on the small island of Storholmen in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) snags eider duck with fishing line lasso fixed to a pole during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard..
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) loosens noose on eider duck after snagging it with fishing line lasso fixed to a pole during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) holds eider duck and studies her egg after snagging her with fishing line lasso affixed to pole during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) carries eider duck after snagging it with fishing line affixed to pole during study of breeding colony Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) carries eider duck after snagging it with fishing line affixed to pole during study of breeding colony Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Biologist Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) releases eider duck after snagging her with fishing line affixed to pole during study of breeding colony on Storholmen island; Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Glacier and mountains of Spitsbergen island greet biologists Borge Moe and Sveinn Are Hanssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) as they hike across Storholmen island during field research on eider ducks in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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  • Glacier and mountains of Spitsbergen island greet biologists Elise Skottene, Borge Moe and Sveinn Are Hanssen as they hike across Storholmen island during field research on eider ducks in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.
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