South West Tasmanian World Heritage Wilderness

South West Tasmanian World Heritage Wilderness
The Naturalist in her habitat

Sunday 9 August 2015

Walrus

Travelling around Svalbard encountering walruses is exciting, especially at sea or on ice.  When they haul out on the beach, the males and females are segregated and not likely to be lying in the same pile. 



Three walruses hauled out on an ice floe by Heidi Krajewsky
Male Walruses sleeping on the beach and scratching.  Smeerenberg, Amersterdamoya  by Heidi Krajewsky

Male Walruses on the beach Smeerenberg, Amsterdamoya by Heidi Krajewsky

Walruses sleeping on the beach, Kapp Lee, Edgeoya.  By Heidi Krajewsky