1350-286 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
1350-280 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
1350-256 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
1350-244 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) in fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) on an island off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to spend the summer loafing on the island and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly looking for food in the summer.
1350-318 - Polar Bear (Ursa maritimus) on sea ice off the sub-arctic coast of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Bears come to the coast of Hudson Bay in Fall waiting for the ice to freeze, and looking for a careless seal or dead whale to wash up. Global warming has shortened their winter so they are increasingly anxious as they wait for winter. While they wait, they engage in frequent wrestling matches to determine a mating hierarchy for the breeding season in March and April, and regularly check on the ice to see if it will carry them out to sea.
83-12815 - Windmill in the central valley and the 625m high Churillos mountain beyond, Tefia, Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
83-12818 - Doorway of beautiful 17th century Santa Maria Cathedral in this historic former capital, Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
83-12833 - Bell tower and ornate doorway of the late 17th century Church of Nuestra Senora de la Regla, Pajara, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe
83-12816 - Windmill in the central valley and the 625m high Churillos mountain beyond, Llanos de la Concepcion, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
83-12821 - Hibiscus flowers and the 17th century Santa Maria Cathedral in this historic former capital, Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
83-12820 - Hibiscus flowers and the 17th century Santa Maria Cathedral in this historic former capital, Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
83-12817 - Windmill in the central valley and the 625m high Churillos mountain beyond, Llanos de la Concepcion, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
83-12819 - Door and belltower of the 17th century Santa Maria Cathedral in this historic former capital, Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
83-12813 - Salt pans still in use at El Carmen Salinas and Salt Museum on the east coast, Caleta de Fuste, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe