The Shy Arctic Fox
by Eva Lechner
Title
The Shy Arctic Fox
Artist
Eva Lechner
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Photograph - Photograph/artistic Photography
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The arctic fox lives all around the Arctic ocean, the northernmost of all foxes, but the conditions it lives in are varied, both geographically and meteorologically. The cold and hazard weather does however not affect the fox much, but his body shape and appearance has evolved and adapted to these external conditions. The fox has the advantage of having a short tail, muzzle, neck and ears to minimize heat loss, but the foxes who live in more warmer areas usually have bigger ears and long tail to cool down the body.
The Arctic fox is rather small, which also helps him to keep the body warm. They can be found in two colors. One is white, then the fox is white during the winter but during the summer he is brown on the back and outer limbs and gray on the stomach and inner limbs. The other color is dark brown all year round but slightly lighter during the winter.
The arctic fox is shy and not often seen.I was lucky to photograph it in the Westfjords,Iceland
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September 24th, 2023
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