# Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the drift ice region north of Svalbard

- By: Andreas Weith
- Date: 2015-07-31
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_bear_(Ursus_maritimus)_in_the_drift_ice_region_north_of_Svalbard.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Polar_bear_%28Ursus_maritimus%29_in_the_drift_ice_region_north_of_Svalbard.jpg/1920px-Polar_bear_%28Ursus_maritimus%29_in_the_drift_ice_region_north_of_Svalbard.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This male Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) just had a fiasco when chasing a bearded seal. Subsequently he was restlessly searching for another prey; jumping from one ice floe to another.