Intip Jejak Kaki Beruang Kutub dengan Berat Hampir Setengah Ton

Ahmad Luthfi , Jurnalis-Rabu, 06 November 2019 |10:31 WIB

(Foto: @PaulNicklen/natgeotravel)

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Paul Nicklen adalah salah satu fotografer profesional yang memiliki akun Instagram. Mengintip Instagram resminya, ia merupakan co-founder @SeaLegacy dan kontributor @NatGeo.

Foto yang diunggah natgeotravel baru-baru ini menampilkan jejak kaki beruang kutub besar yang ditangkap oleh @PaulNicklen.

Diceritakan bahwa saat ia berkemah di Pulau Baffin, beruang kutub jantan besar yang beratnya antara 800 dan 1.000 pound atau berat hingga setengah ton ini menjadi tamu ketika malam hari.

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Photo by @PaulNicklen | When living on sea ice it is always fun to find traces of who was hanging around the night before. While we were camping on Baffin Island, a large male polar bear that weighed somewhere between 800 and 1,000 pounds was our late night guest! I know this because of the size of his footprints and because he woke me up by sniffing next to my head near the fabric of the tent. We had to go outside and politely encourage him to look somewhere else for food. Throughout my career as both a biologist and photographer for @NatGeo and @SeaLegacy, I have seen over 2,000 polar bears and have had some remarkable encounters, but I have never been in a life-threatening situation. Follow me @PaulNicklen for more stories about what it's like to travel in the footsteps of bears—one of the greatest gifts of my life. #explore #adventure #Arctic #polarbear

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