# Polar bear (Ursus) maritimus female with its cub, Svalbard (2)

- By: AWeith
- Date: 30 July 2015, 17:52:27
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_bear_(Ursus)_maritimus_female_with_its_cub,_Svalbard_(2).jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Polar_bear_%28Ursus%29_maritimus_female_with_its_cub%2C_Svalbard_%282%29.jpg/1920px-Polar_bear_%28Ursus%29_maritimus_female_with_its_cub%2C_Svalbard_%282%29.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and its cub on dense drift ice in Hinlopen strait, Svalbard. Both, mother and cub look well-fed and healthy since they obviously succeded reaching the northern drift ice in spring in due time. Here the mother is urging the young one to jump into the water.