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Herd of walruses in northern Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, Norway.
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean halfway between Norway and the North Pole. Under the midnight sun walruses take a quick dip with their crew, chowing down on clams and mussels and then sunbathing on a beach or ice floe.
Photographed in the waters off Spitsbergen, the largest of the archipelago's nine islands, these aquatic mammals are year-round residents that are often found in male or female herds. Male walruses can be almost 3-metres long and weigh more than 1,179 kilograms; during mating season, they use this girth to fight among themselves for dominance over groups of females, called harems.
Other wildlife in the archipelago includes whales, dolphins, arctic foxes, reindeer and tourist favourites, polar bears.
European whalers first visited Svalbard in 1611. Then, Norway and Russia uses the islands for coal production. Today, tourists also visit the islands. They come in summer to observe polar ni… 1 reply
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