# Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in Krossfjord, Svalbard

- By: AWeith
- Date: 2015-07-27
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_bear_(Ursus_maritimus)_in_Krossfjord,_Svalbard.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Polar_bear_%28Ursus_maritimus%29_in_Krossfjord%2C_Svalbard.jpg/1920px-Polar_bear_%28Ursus_maritimus%29_in_Krossfjord%2C_Svalbard.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In spring the polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of Svalbard try to reach the northern pack ice zone in due time before the ice melts around the archipelago. Some do not, however, succeed and need to stay on the islands. Many of them suffer from malnutrition; this one is obviously still in good condition.