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I don't know if this Polar Bear was hunting or relaxing, but I do know he wasn't intimidated as we sailed past. Lancaster Sound, Minolta X700 camera on aperture priority with 80-200 lens.
By Michael Grebler
posted Saturday, February 09, 2008
29 votes

slide, nikonos V lens 20mm 400 ASA
By Marc Biehler
posted Saturday, February 02, 2008
26 votes

Canada, May 09
By Andres Larraz
posted Monday, June 01, 2009
25 votes

Arctic Crimson Anemone, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada
By David Gilchrist
posted Tuesday, November 02, 2010
24 votes

Clione limacina, a pteropod or sea butterfly, photographed in Hornsund, Spitsbergen. There was a bizzard of zooplankton in the water that day - you can just make out some calanoid copepods in the water around the pteropod.
By David Cothran
posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009
22 votes

Lion's Mane Jellyfish with 'hiker', Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
By David Gilchrist
posted Sunday, November 28, 2010
20 votes

Isopod- 'Munnopsis typica' drifting in the water column Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut-Canada's High Arctic.
By David Gilchrist
posted Friday, March 04, 2011
20 votes

Ice Sculpture 1, Drifting arctic ice can take on surprisingly beautiful shapes, Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
By David Gilchrist
posted Saturday, November 13, 2010
19 votes

'Four horned' Arctic Sculpin, Resolute Bay, Canada's High Arctic
By David Gilchrist
posted Wednesday, August 03, 2011
17 votes

Seal in the Spitsbergen
By Jm Leuba
posted Saturday, February 25, 2012
16 votes
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in the Spitsbergen by Jm Leuba
in the Spitsbergen
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date posted posted: Friday, March 02, 2012
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Arctic Norway
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Seal in the Spitsbergen by Jm Leuba
Seal in the Spitsbergen
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 25, 2012
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'Four horned' Arctic Sculpin, Resolute Bay, Canada's High... by David Gilchrist
'Four horned' Arctic Sculpin, Resolute Bay, Canada's High Arctic
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Arctic Canada
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Oral Tentacle, Sea Cucumber sp.-Resolute Bay, Nunavut-Can... by David Gilchrist
Oral Tentacle, Sea Cucumber sp.-Resolute Bay, Nunavut-Canada's High Arctic
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 02, 2011
date posted category: Temperate Waters
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Ctenephore-Beroe sp. Resolute Bay, Nunavut-Canada's High ... by David Gilchrist
Ctenephore-Beroe sp. Resolute Bay, Nunavut-Canada's High Arctic
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 02, 2011
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Isopod- 'Munnopsis typica' drifting in the water column ... by David Gilchrist
Isopod- 'Munnopsis typica' drifting in the water column
Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut-Canada's High Arctic.
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date posted posted: Friday, March 04, 2011
date posted category: Temperate Waters
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Amphipod 'Themisto libellula', photo taken in Resolute Ba... by David Gilchrist
Amphipod 'Themisto libellula', photo taken in Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut- in Canada's high Arctic.
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 03, 2011
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Ctenephore, Beroe sp. Resolute Bay, Nunavut by David Gilchrist
Ctenephore, Beroe sp. Resolute Bay, Nunavut
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date posted posted: Monday, December 27, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arctic Canada
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Arctic Anemone Close up, Resolute Bay, Nunavut by David Gilchrist
Arctic Anemone Close up, Resolute Bay, Nunavut
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Arctic Canada
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A close up of a Ctenophore, Beroe sp. showing the meredio... by David Gilchrist
A close up of a Ctenophore, Beroe sp. showing the meredional canals. Nikonis V with Close up attachments, Resolute Bay, Nunavut Canada's High Arctic (Cropped)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 08, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Arctic Canada
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Lion's Mane Jellyfish with 'hiker', Resolute Bay, Nunavut. by David Gilchrist
Lion's Mane Jellyfish with 'hiker', Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 28, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
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With the grace of a ballet dancer, a pteropod moves throu... by David Gilchrist
With the grace of a ballet dancer, a pteropod moves through the frigid waters of the Canadian Arctic, Resolute Bay, Nunavut
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date posted posted: Friday, November 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arctic Canada
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Brittle Star moves over kelp frond, Resolute Bay, Nunavut by David Gilchrist
Brittle Star moves over kelp frond, Resolute Bay, Nunavut
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date posted posted: Friday, November 19, 2010
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Crustacean Sp. Resolute Bay, Nunavut. This unidentified s... by David Gilchrist
Crustacean Sp. Resolute Bay, Nunavut. This unidentified specimen was photographed using Nikonis V, SB 103 flash and close up equipment. Amazing diversity of life seen in the water column.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arctic Canada
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Ice Sculpture 1, Drifting arctic ice can take on surprisi... by David Gilchrist
Ice Sculpture 1, Drifting arctic ice can take on surprisingly beautiful shapes, Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Arctic Canada
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Sun Star. A colourful Arctic Sun Star, Resolute Bay, Nuna... by David Gilchrist
Sun Star. A colourful Arctic Sun Star, Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 09, 2010
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Four Horned sculpin sp. Resolute Bay, Nunuvat. by David Gilchrist
Four Horned sculpin sp. Resolute Bay, Nunuvat.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 07, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Arctic Canada
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Cleared for Takeoff! Drifting ice takes on the appearance... by David Gilchrist
Cleared for Takeoff! Drifting ice takes on the appearance of a an airplane. Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 06, 2010
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Arctic Canada
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Arctic Crimson Anemone, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, ... by David Gilchrist
Arctic Crimson Anemone, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 02, 2010
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Soft Coral, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada by David Gilchrist
Soft Coral, Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada
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Jelly sp. swimming in the water column. Resolute Bay, Cor... by David Gilchrist
Jelly sp. swimming in the water column. Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada. Nikonis V Camera
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date posted posted: Friday, October 29, 2010
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Eelpout sp. Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Can... by David Gilchrist
Eelpout sp. Resolute Bay, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada. Nikonis V Camera
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Clione limacina, a pteropod or sea butterfly, photographe... by David Cothran
Clione limacina, a pteropod or sea butterfly, photographed in Hornsund, Spitsbergen. There was a bizzard of zooplankton in the water that day - you can just make out some calanoid copepods in the water around the pteropod.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Arctic Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
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Canada, May 09 by Andres Larraz
Canada, May 09
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date posted posted: Monday, June 01, 2009
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Winter diving in Prince William Sound Alaska. by David Hayes
Winter diving in Prince William Sound Alaska.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Arctic United States
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I don't know if this Polar Bear was hunting or relaxing, ... by Michael Grebler
I don't know if this Polar Bear was hunting or relaxing, but I do know he wasn't intimidated as we sailed past. Lancaster Sound, Minolta X700 camera on aperture priority with 80-200 lens.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 09, 2008
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slide, nikonos V lens 20mm 400 ASA by Marc Biehler
slide, nikonos V lens 20mm 400 ASA
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