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Arctic Fox Pup, Canada, 2004

An arctic fox pup awakens from a nap on the summer-greened Canadian tundra.

Most arctic foxes turn white in winter to blend with their snowy surroundings, though some, called blue foxes, wear a brownish-blue coat. These delicate-looking mammals have adapted a host of physical attributes—short ears; a short muzzle; thick fur—to help them bear up under some of Earth's harshest living conditions.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Seasons of the Snow Fox," October 2004, National Geographic magazine)

Photograph by Norbert Rosing