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Ice Floe, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 1997

A large ice floe in the Arctic Ocean bears an icicle-trimmed cave. This cave served as a hideout for a bearded seal seeking shelter from the harsh Arctic climate.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Bearded Seals—Going With the Floe," March 1997, National Geographic magazine)

Photograph by Flip Nicklin