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Image ID: 10011480
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Caption: A grazing Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on Blomstrandhalvøya, an island off the west coast of Svalbard, near Ny-Ålesund. This is the smallest subspecies of reindeer and is endemic to Svalbard. It has no natural predators, with starvation being the greatest threat. They spend all summer feeding to build up fat stores to help survive through the winter when they must forage for food through the snow.
Keywords: Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus | svalbard reindeer | grazing foraging forage | antlers | subspecies | endemic | Blomstrandhalvøya
Location: Blomstrandhalvøya, Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Arctic.
Season: 2014/2015
Photographer: Elisabeth Biersma
Image size (pixels): 5184 x 3456