05. 1st prize Nature Singles. Jenny E. Ross, USA. Novaya Zemlya, Russia, 30 June. A male polar bear climbs precariously on the face of a cliff above the ocean at Ostrova Oranskie in north- ern Novaya Zemlya, attempting to feed on seabird eggs. This bear was marooned on land and unable to feed on seals--its normal prey-- because sea ice had melted throughout the re- gion and receded far to the north as a result of climate change.