Arctic icon: Polar Bear deep in the ice. In Svalbard, the sculpured ice made for a dramatic setting for this lovely polar bear. We followed it for quite a while as it disappeared and then re-appeared from behind the large blocks of ice. An icon of the arctic totally...
The magnificent Polar Bear. On our recent expedition to Svalbard we had numerous encounters with Polar Bears. Most of these have already appeared on my website. Here is a compliation of some of the other encounters. They include a gorgeous bear walking on the ice...
Polar bear on an aquatic hunt for a bearded seal When we found her, this female polar bear was clearly hunting and in the distance we could see her prey: a beared seal. What followed was a perfect example of an aqautic hunt except she failed to catch her prey. She...
Close encounter with a polar bear. Near Wahlenbergfjoden in Svalbard, this lovely looking female was spotted asleep on the ice in the distance. As we approached very slowly, she woke, rolled over and made her way towards us. The ice was wonderful and the reflections...
Two polar bears vie for a seal carcass. Getting food is tough in the Arctic! On the ice near Svalbard, this large male polar bear had killed a beared seal and you can see from the state he is in that he had been feasting on the kill for some time. The younger male...
This male polar bear looked well fed after consuming most of the seal kill. It is interesting to seeing the bear eat blood-soaked ice. The digestive after effects of eating seal meat becomes obvious.
Raw power! Huge male polar bear defends his seal kill from an interested female. There was only one winner!This huge male polar bear had been dragging the seal kill around the pack ice for some time. The female bear had been watching but keeping her distance. He...
We were up early at Silver Salmon Creek to watch the sun rise over the mountains of the Kenai Peninsular to the east. The colours were breathtaking and made the perfect backdrop for the bears and the many gulls that are found on the seashore. One gets a real sense of...
We called this yearling Brown Bear cub, Goofball. He would spend all his time just messing around whilst his mother did all the hard work. We watched with delight as he rolled around having a damned good scratch. Silver Salmon Creek, Lake Clark was a great place to...
As I sat on the river bank at Missak, Katmai, a large male Brown Bear emerged from the sedge. At first he was a little wary but within a few minutes he relaxed and spent a considerable amount of time fishing in front of me. Sometimes the fish eluded him but for the...
With snow-covered mountains as a backdrop, the braided river system at Kukak Bay is wide with many channels where bears can fish. The running salmon had brought in several bears and to watch them in this expansive environment was very special. The Brown Bear (Ursus...
We spent several days at Geographic Harbor, Katmai, Alaska watching numerous Coastal brown Bears feasting on the plentiful salmon. Sitting quietly, the bears came close and were oblivious of us. We were intrigued by this bear's approach to fishing. It spent most the...
Our time by the river at Kinak, Katmai provided us with this wonderful encounter with a Brown Bear and her three gorgeous cubs of the year. The mother was an excellent provider of fish for her cubs. There were other bears in the vicinity so the mother was constant...
We spent several days at Geographic Harbor, Katmai, Alaska watching numerous Coastal brown Bears feasting on the plentiful salmon. Sitting quietly, the bears came close and were oblivious of us. We called this bear Lazy Larry because of the slow pace at which we...
Kukak Bay was an amazing place to view Brown Bears: a wide river estuary with plenty of salmon and a back drop of snow covered mountains provided the perfect environment for many Brown Bears. Sitting quietly, the bears came close and were oblivious of us. Of course,...
I was able to film this from a zodiac which was moving constantly. Challenging filming and editing! The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) is the iconic species of the Arctic. They are normally found near the floe edge where they hunt seals most notably Ringed Seals. On...
The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) is the iconic species of the Arctic. They are normally found near the floe edge where they hunt seals most notably Ringed Seals. On this trip we found several bears on Walrus kills and saw very few seals. Polar Bears will also take...
It seems likely that these young bears had only recently left the protection of their mother and would be soon going their separate ways. The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) is the iconic species of the Arctic. They are normally found near the floe edge where they hunt...
Close to Wrangel island, we came upon three Polar Bears near a Walrus Carcass. This was the third Walrus kill we had seen. Surprisingly we had seen few seals so the bears had had to resort to taking young Walrus. The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) is the iconic species...
Just south of Wrangel Island in the Russian Far East we came across two young Polar Bear siblings. This one was curious and came to check us out before heading off to play with his sib. A wonderful encounter. The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) is the iconic species of...