One of the small ice floes had footprints from one of our polar bear friends:
We travelled to the face of a glacier that completely covers one of the Svalbard islands (about 200 sq. miles):
And finally, a picture at 9 PM and bright as day:
Friday, June 13, 2014
Three bears, ice, and sunshine
Today, 6/13, we travelled from Bear Island to southeast Svalbard, 400 miles north of Norway's main coast. We saw three polar bears, but only one was close enough to photograph. This was the first day I wished I had a "big dog" lens. Here aare several heavily cropped pictures, and one that looks like what we actually saw:
One of the small ice floes had footprints from one of our polar bear friends:
We travelled to the face of a glacier that completely covers one of the Svalbard islands (about 200 sq. miles):
And finally, a picture at 9 PM and bright as day:
One of the small ice floes had footprints from one of our polar bear friends:
We travelled to the face of a glacier that completely covers one of the Svalbard islands (about 200 sq. miles):
And finally, a picture at 9 PM and bright as day:
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