Millions of Sockeye salmon swim up the Okhotsk Sea every year to Kurile Lake to spawn and die. This attracts hundreds of Brown bears which feed on them to build up fat reserves as winter approaches.
Michel Roggo / Kamchatcka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) with face underwater whilst fishing for Sockeye salmon in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamtchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August. Taken for the Fre...
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) seen from underwater, fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Photographer Michel Roggo on location for the Freshwater project in South Kamtchatka Sanctuary, with Brown bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for salmon in the background, Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, Far E...
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) seen from underwater, fishing for Sockeye salmon, Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos), fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamtchatka Sanctuary, Far East Russia. August.
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) eating salmon, Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) seen from underwater, fishing for Sockeye salmon, Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) holding Sockeye salmon caught in Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) eating salmon, Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) feeding on salmon, Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on spawning migration in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) seen from underwater, fishing for Sockeye salmon, Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Kamchatcka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) paw extended underwater, fishing for Sockeye salmon in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamtchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August. Taken for the Freshw...
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Michel Roggo / Underwater view of Brown bear (Ursus arctos), fishing for Sockeye salmon in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamtchatka Sanctuary, Russia
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) with its head underwater whilst fishing for sockeye salmon in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) portrait in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia
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Michel Roggo / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) fishing for Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August
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Michel Roggo / Kamchatcka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) fishing for Sockeye salmon in the Ozernaya River, Kuril Lake, South Kamtchatka Sanctuary, Russia, August. Taken for the Freshwater Project.
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Michel Roggo / Aerial view of mountains surrounding Kuril Lake, Kamchatka, South Kamtchatka Sanctuary, Russia. September 2012.
