The best photos of the arctic fox were taken while photographing in a colony of little auks. The fox approached so closely that it did not fit into the frame. I think it was very surprised by our presence on the rocky slope. Later, we saw the fox several times. Interestingly, not far from the places where people used to live foxes were not easily startled, while we also observed this animal on an uninhabited island and there it run away swiftly. Apparently, this fox species holds a fertility record among mammals when it comes to the birth rate. The fox can give birth up to a dozen or so youngsters. Of course, as a rule, it is not possible to raise more than half of the litter.

SPITSBERGEN- 07/2018 ANGIELSKI

Svalbard-Spitsbergen - introductory text – Little auk.
New galleries:
1.Little auk (T,V). 2. Red phalarope (T). 3. Arctic fox (T).
Changes in galleries:
1. Snow Bunting (T,V). 2.Long-tailed jaeger (T). 3. Parasitic jaeger. 4. Barnacle Goose (T,V). 5. Rock ptarmigan (T). 6. Red-throated Loon (T). 7. Purple Sandpiper (T). 8. Dunlin. 9. Black-legged kittiwake (T,V). 10. Glaucous gull. 11. Northern fulmar. 12. Red-necked phalarope. 13. Thick-billed Murre (T). 14. Black guillemot. 15.Edredon. 16. Long-tailed Duck (T). 17. Arctic Tern (T). 18. Atlantic puffin. 19. Brant Goose. 20.King eider (T). 21. Reindeer.
Go to the gallery:
1. Norway – Fauna. 2. Spitsbergen landscape (July). 3. Longyearbyen.4.SVALBARD-slideshow