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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession

Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession
Paul Nicklen's Polar Obsession, published by National Geographic
Photograph: Focal Point/National Geographic Society
Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession
A young polar bear leaps between ice floes in the Barents Sea, Norway
Photograph: Paul Nicklen/NG
Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession
Looking towards an uncertain future, a huge polar male bear triggers a camera trap, taking his own picture at the Leifdefjorden, Spitsbergen, Norway
Photograph: Paul Nicklen/NG
Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession
A kittiwake soars in front of a large iceberg in Svalbard, Norway
Photograph: Paul Nicklen/NG
Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession
A leopard seal delivers a penguin to Paul
Photograph: Paul Nicklen/NG
Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession
A large bull walrus returns to the shores of Prins Karl Forland after diving and feeding on clams in Svalbard, Norway
Photograph: Paul Nicklen/NG
Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession
A gentoo penguin chick peeks, checking for patrolling leopard seals before tempting fate at Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula
Photograph: Paul Nicklen/NG
Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession
In the Arctic spring, meltwater channels drain towards and down a seal hole, returning to the sea
Photograph: Paul Nicklen/NG
Paul Nicklen: Polar Obsession
Paul Nicklen on assignment at Lewes Lake in the Yukon Territory, Canada
Photograph: Lyn Hartley/NG
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