I love vertical panoramas. They force the eye to explore the image in a different way… Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmar boréal). Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
Tag: Canada
Thick-billed Murres
Birds totally at ease under water, these thick-billed murres are great swimmers but take a long time taking off. Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia, Guillemot de Brünnich). Akpait National Wildlife Area, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
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Murres thinking they are penguins
Since penguins live only in the Southern Hemisphere and can’t fly, we could not encounter any during our 2016 trip to the Arctic Archipelago of Canada. However, we observed some birds who seemed to have the same behaviour assembling in groups on icebergs or ice-floes, like so many penguins do in the South of our…
Bickering Northern Fulmars
Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmar boréal). Lower Savage Islands, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
Backlit polar bear
Lower Savage Island, Nunavut, Canada August 2016.
![Polar bear [panorama]](https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MG_0391w-panorama.jpg)
Panoramic polar bear
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus, Ours polaire). Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
Waves splashing on a walrus
This walrus was ready to leave the beach to return to the safe depth of the sea. Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus, morse). Maxwell Bay, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
Polar bear on a kill
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus, Ours polaire). Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.
Seals
Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada. August 2016.