Walruses on a Block of Ice (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Walruses on a Block of Ice

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Walruses huddling together on a block of ice in the Arctic Ocean in August 2012 right before the summer ice cover hit a record low in the following month.

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Photo taken by Toru Takatsuka, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University.

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