Arctic fox of Svalbard

The dainty Arctic fox is common almost all over Svalbard. Its diet consists of seabirds, eggs and carrion. It tends to tag along behind the polar bear helping itself to the leftovers of the bear's haul. In spring, seal pups are an important source of nourishment. It catches and kills them on the ice in the fjords. The Arctic fox can cover large distances looking for food, and it roams way out onto the ice floes. A fox that had been labelled in Svalbard was found as far away as in Novaja Zemlja, in Russia. There are two colours for Arctic fox: the "blue" variety has a uniformly silvery blue pelt all year round and is fairly rare, whereas the "white" fox has a greyish brown back, and an off-white abdomen during summer though it is all white during winter.

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• Arctic
• fox
• Svalbard
• spitsbergen
• Longyearbyen

[111NICIA]

I watched this on television and it broke my heart definately shows us what is really going on....these poor scavenger fox have such a hard time finding food for survival these days since the glacier melt and they travel so distant for food and companionship...they look so cute when they shed.They are cute period!

[torgeirp]

Witch show did you watch? There as never before been so many of them on Svalbard since they stopped commercial hunting and trapping. The same goes for the polar Bears. More than 4000 polar bears on Svalbard now.. The Arctic fox dont need Glaciers. He hunts in the low lands, praying on birds and other small pray. He would die on a Glacier! .

[MichaelPalin]

Beautiful video. This has been very helpful for me.

[torgeirp]

Always nice to help someone. I dont know what I have helped you with, but probably something useful.

[CherryBlossomTree22]

wow i would love to live were you live it's so pretty!

[111NICIA]

and they are so darling of a creature hard not love them..

[111NICIA]

You are right ! though I meant to say I say a show which had the arctic polar bears travelling far for their food (seals , in Svalbard,and the arctic fox was following nearby to scavenge up after the bears picking up more supplies than the bears who seem to have a fair amount of starving till ultimately finding a washed up whale....Anyways I am ecouraging my daughter to raise awareness to these issues as well she has her own blog

[111NICIA]

have you heard about the recent studies on crows ? They are discovering that crows share alot of human quaities more so than monkeys...they are proving that crows can think in steps and in advance to problem solve..It's nuts but interesting and a current discovery!

[clockreads828]

I love Vulpines :)

[sgnewa]

I read a book from a scientist recursing the Artic fox in a remote place called Strandir in Iceland the fox sometimes pissed all over the minks "Greni" to show them how is the boss

[loveyoutodeathbut]

That was such a pleasure to experience!

[Momkat2]

What beautiful creatures, and the music of Peer Gynt is like icing on the cake!