979-8385 - An adult spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica) leaping from the calm waters off Isla Danzante in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico.
979-9138 - Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Catching, flailing, and eating a chinstrap penguin at Point Wild on Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Southern Ocean
979-8546 - Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean
979-8554 - A view from the Park Service platform where adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) forage for salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
979-8787 - Ice in all of its myriad forms in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. MORE INFO Global climate change is affecting the formation and duration of ice in all its form here in Svalbard.
979-9155 - A group of adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively "bubble-net" feeding in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
979-8068 - Calved icebergs from the glaciers at Blomstrandhalvîya in Kongsfjord on the western side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.
979-7431 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-8964 - The tiny settlement at Hattarv�ï�¿�½�Â�¡k on remote Fugloy Island in the extreme Northeast part of the Faroe Islands, North Atlantic Ocean
979-9099 - King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plains, Bay of Isles on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean.
979-9463 - Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) underwater at Leon Dormido (Sleeping Lion) Island off San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-8204 - A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), approaches the National Geographic Explorer on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea, Edge Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
979-8562 - Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean
979-9159 - A group of adult humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively "bubble-net" feeding in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
979-7041 - Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink salmon near the salmon weir at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.
979-7425 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-8051 - Hunter's cabin at Gn%lodden in Hornsund (Horn Sound) on the southwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway
979-8384 - An adult spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica) leaping from the calm waters off Isla Danzante in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico.
979-8658 - A well-scarred old male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
979-8531 - Young adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) scratching its back on the gravel at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean
979-8548 - Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for salmon at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean
979-8307 - A small group of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) migrating north to feeding grounds in the spring from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
979-7047 - Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink salmon near the salmon weir at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.
979-8072 - Calved icebergs from the glaciers at Blomstrandhalvîya in Kongsfjord on the western side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.
979-8074 - Open leads surrounded by multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea between Edgeîya (Edge Island) and Kong Karls Land in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.
979-8078 - Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer kayaking near Monaco Glacier on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago in the summer months.
979-9466 - Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) underwater at Leon Dormido (Sleeping Lion) Island off San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador
979-8310 - A small group of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) migrating north to feeding grounds in the spring from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
979-7438 - Adult female leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) stalking, then killing and eating an adult gentoo penguin in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean
979-8295 - Canadian photographer Gilles Pucheu at work near his home in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. MORE INFO Model release number GP032810.
979-8302 - Long exposure camera times of a Jeep on the ice road from Tibbitt to Contwoyto beginning just outside of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
979-3400 - Views of Mendenhall Glacier just outside Juneau, southeast Alaska, USA. This glacier is receeding at an alarming rate, probably due to climate change.
979-7037 - Brown Bear cub (Ursus arctos) fishing for pink salmon near the salmon weir at Pavlof Harbor on Chichagof Island in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.