A polar bear on the coastline of Kvitøya, an outlying and snow covered island which is part of the Svalbard Archipelago. Polar bears often inhabit the islands during the summer after 'missing' the opportunity to travel across the sea ice to better hunting grounds. As the summer melt period sets in, the 'bridges' connecting the Arctic Ocean sea ice and the islands to the south, will melt away, effectively 'stranding' the polar bears on the archipelago. This polar bear looks in very good health, some are not in such good shape due to a scarcity of food on land.