Fleeting Foxes
/Karl XII Island at 80° 39’ N 25° 25’ E
We landed on this desolate strip of land greeted by the remains of a polar bear and a radio collar from a second dead polar bear found by our guides. As a counter to the grim reminders of harsh arctic life, the green hillside was soon full of Arctic foxes - 13 in total. It looked like just one mom and 12 kits and they were playful - tumbling all over the hillside. One made a brief appearance much closer to our group posing for just the briefest moment Thanks @AlltheplacesIwillgo for the heads-up! The way these small and seemingly inhospitable rocky islands can support life like this is always amazing to me. On Facebook, I posted a 360° view of this rocky little island capped with a green hill. https://www.facebook.com/tobiasg
