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Ivory gull in flight calling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

One of my hopes had been to see and photograph Ivory gulls, a small white gull restricted to the high arctic. As luck would have it, as our Polar bear <\/a>was approaching an Ivory gull flew across the bow of the ship calling. I managed to locate it in my view finder and grab a short sequence of images before returning to the approaching bear.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ivory gull in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Once we had moved on from the bear we came across the remnants of a predated Ringed seal that was being cleaned up by Glaucous and Ivory gulls.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Glaucous and Ivory gull scavenging on a Ringed seal carcass left by a Polar Bear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Ivory gull sightings weren’t very common and they didn’t approach our ship so it was a challenge to get any really close images and this ended up being our best opportunity of the trip. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Ivory gull washing after feeding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon Z9 and Nikkor Z 800mm f6.3 VR S<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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