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Tourists on inflatable boats exploring the Polar Ice Cap, 81 degrees, north of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway, Europe

Adult Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) grazing within the town limits of Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Arctic, Europe

An adult ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) on ice near Monaco Glacier on the north side of SpitsBergen, Vestland, Norway

A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), approaches the ship on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), approaches the ship on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Holmabukta on the northwest coast of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), swimming to the smell of a fresh bearded seal kill in SpitsBergen, Vestland, Norway

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Polar Ice Cap, 81 degrees, north of Spitsbergen, Arctic, Norway, Europe

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Polar Ice Cap, 81 degrees, north of Spitsbergen, Arctic, Norway, Europe

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Polar Ice Cap, 81 degrees, north of Spitsbergen, Arctic, Norway, Europe

A view of the Lilliehookbreen (Lilliehook Glacier) on the North West side of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

A view of the Lilliehookbreen (Lilliehook Glacier) on the North West side of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

A view of the Lilliehookbreen (Lilliehook Glacier) on the North West side of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

A view of the Lilliehookbreen (Lilliehook Glacier) on the North West side of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

Polar bear on pack ice north of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe, Polar Regions

The Russian research vessel, AkademiK Sergey Vavilov an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Northern Svalbard, with clients on the prow at over 80 degrees north in rotten sea ice, some 550 miles from the North Pole. Latest research shows the Arctic will be ice free in the summer by around 2054.

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) off a beach in northern Svalbard, once hunted to near extinction they are now recovering, only to be affected by climate change which reduces the sea ice they like to haul out on.

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) off a beach in northern Svalbard, once hunted to near extinction they are now recovering, only to be affected by climate change which reduces the sea ice they like to haul out on.

Little Auks or Dovekie (Alle alle) at a nesting colony at Sallyhamna (79¬851‚Äôn 11¬823‚Äôe) on the north coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. These small Auks are specialist Arctic birds and only nest in the far north.

A mountain peak, peeping through the cloud at Bourbonhamna 77¬8 33‚Äôn 15¬8 00‚Äôe Spitsbergen; Svalbard, with a yacht sailing past.

A Little Auk or Dovekie (Alle alle) at a nesting colony at Sallyhamna (79¬851‚Äôn 11¬823‚Äôe) on the north coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. These small Auks are specialist Arctic birds and only nest in the far north.

Little Auks or Dovekie (Alle alle) at a nesting colony at Sallyhamna (79¬851‚Äôn 11¬823‚Äôe) on the north coast of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. These small Auks are specialist Arctic birds and only nest in the far north.

A male Svalbard Rheineer (Rangifer tarandus) moulting in summer with his antlers still in velvet in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

A Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) and chicks at a nest on a cliff in northern Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) carcass in Holmabukta off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sub-surface feeding in the rich waters off the continental shelf, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Hunter's cabin at Gnalodden in Hornsund (Horn Sound) on the southwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Adult puffin (Fratercula arctica) on calm waters off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) feeding on small fish and krill in Esbukta on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Calved icebergs from the glaciers at Blomstrandhalvøya in Kongsfjord on the western side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

Adult puffin (Fratercula arctica) on calm waters off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) surfacing off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Adult arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) defending a nest site from encroaching human on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A view of the abandoned bowhead whaling station with bones strewn about in Hornsund (Horn Sound) on the southwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway.

Mother and calf humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing off the continental shelf west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult puffins (Fratercula arctica) on breeding cliff off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sub-surface feeding among black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sub-surface feeding among black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) off the continental shelf west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway. Humpbacks are one of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12?16 metres (40?50 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). There are at least 80,000 humpback whales worldwide.

An adult ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) near Monaco Glacier on the north side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sub-surface feeding among black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) off the continental shelf west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway. Humpbacks are one of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12?16 metres (40?50 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). There are at least 80,000 humpback whales worldwide.

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) surfacing off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Adult arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) defending a nest site from encroaching human on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother and calf humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing off the continental shelf west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sub-surface feeding among black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) off the continental shelf west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway. Humpbacks are one of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12?16 metres (40?50 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). There are at least 80,000 humpback whales worldwide.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sub-surface feeding among black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) carcass in Holmabukta off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) on iceberg near Monaco Glacier on the north side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

Adult puffin (Fratercula arctica) on calm waters off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Hunter's cabin at Gnalodden in Hornsund (Horn Sound) on the southwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) on iceberg near Monaco Glacier on the north side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Adult puffin (Fratercula arctica) on calm waters off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sub-surface feeding in the rich waters off the continental shelf, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult puffin (Fratercula arctica) on calm waters off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult puffin (Fratercula arctica) on calm waters off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) carcass in Holmabukta off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sub-surface feeding among black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sub-surface feeding among black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway

Calved icebergs from the glaciers at Blomstrandhalvøya in Kongsfjord on the western side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sub-surface feeding in the rich waters off the continental shelf, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Views of the Monaco Glacier on the northern side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) on iceberg near Monaco Glacier on the north side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

A view of the abandoned bowhead whaling station with bones strewn about in Hornsund (Horn Sound) on the southwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway.

Calved icebergs from the glaciers at Blomstrandhalvøya in Kongsfjord on the western side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sub-surface feeding in the rich waters off the continental shelf on the west side of Spitsbergen Island in the Barents Sea, Norway

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sub-surface feeding among black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway

An adult ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) near Monaco Glacier on the north side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

A view of the towering cliff at Gnälodden in Hornsund (Horn Sound) on the southwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway.

Adult fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sub-surface feeding in the rich waters off the continental shelf, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) sub-surface feeding among black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), west of Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea, Norway