Alaska Polar Bear Photos

Alaska Polar Bear Photos portfolio. You can see my entire and ever expanding stock collection of over 500 Alaska polar bear photos here.

This collection of photos is just a sample of the nearly 600 polar bear photos on the website. Photos on this page include large adult male polar bears, or boars, cubs, females, polar bears playing, swimming in the Arctic Ocean and more. These are mostly Alaska polar bear photos, taken in arctic Alaska. I hope you enjoy the gallery of photos. If you’re looking for any images in particular, please contact me at the links above. If you’d like to search for specific types of polar bear photos, please use the site search function.

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Polar Bears taxonomy:

Polar bears are classified as marine mammals. The scientific name for polar bears is Ursus maritimus. The complete taxonomic lineage is – Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Carnivora, Family: Ursidae, Genus: Ursus, Species: Ursus maritimus

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Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), playing on fresh ice and snow near the Beaufort Sea, Kaktovik, Alaska.
Subadult polar bears playing on ice near the Beaufort Sea, Alaska.
Polar bear swimming
Polar bear swimming, Arctic Ocean, Alaska
Polar bear bear walking across the frozen ground
A young male polar bear walking across the frozen ground, Alaska.

2 young adult polar bears stand and tussle. Playfighting is an important developmental activity for these creatures of the arctic.
2 polar bears play fighting.
Young polar bears playing.
Young polar bears playing
Ursus maritimus - Polar bear
Young Polar bear on the edge of the Beaufort Sea, Alaska.

Polar bear boar
Polar bear male, or boar.
2 polar bears play in the predawn light, Alaska.
2 polar bears play in the predawn light, Alaska.
Male polar bear, Ursus maritimus
Male polar bear, or boar, Alaska.

Young polar bear
Ursus maritimus, polar bear, Alaska.
A large adult male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) gets curious about the photographers taking photos. Adult male polar bears can easily reach weights in excess of 1200lbs.
Adult polar bear male, or boar polar bear.
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), playfighting, standing and wrestling on fresh snow in Arctic Alaska.
Polar bears at play

Polar bear feeding on whale carcass
Polar bear feeding on whale carcass
A polar bear takes a leap into the icy cold waters of the Beaufort Sea, near Barter Island, Alaska. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Beaufort Sea, arctic Alaska.
Polar bear & habitat, frozen arctic, Beaufort Sea Alaska
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub sitting on ice and yawning, early morning, Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean, Alaska.
Polar bear cub yawning in the morning sun

A polar bear takes a leap into the icy cold waters of the Beaufort Sea, near Barter Island, Alaska. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Beaufort Sea, arctic Alaska.
A polar bear leaping into the water of the Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Polar bear shaking off water
Polar bear shaking off water, arctic ocean, Alaska
Polar bear sitting on beach
Polar bear sitting on beach.

A beautiful male polar bear raises his paw as if to wave at the camera, in Arctic Alaska.
Male polar bear
Polar bear on ice, Alaska
Polar bear on ice, Alaska
Polar bear in freezing water
Polar bear in freezing water