Part One

  1. Galleries
  2. Land Photos
  3. Europe
  4. Norway
  5. 2016-09 Svalbard, Norway #4 with Light and Land
  6. Part One
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  • Sunrise
    Sunrise
    The next morning found us in dense ice as far North as we would go.
    81 degrees N, M/S Stockholm, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#4857
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ivory Gull in early morning light
    Ivory Gull in early morning light
    Pagophila eburnea - rare further South.
    81 degrees N, M/S Stockholm, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#1094
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - our first bear of the day, in the dense ice.
    81 degrees N, M/S Stockholm, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#1120
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - this bear didn't care in the least that we moved close, though very slowly and carefully.
    81 degrees N, M/S Stockholm, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#1194
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - we spent 3+ hours with this bear.
    81 degrees N, M/S Stockholm, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#1221
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Photographers
    Photographers
    We were given the opportunity to stand on an ice floe for a few photos of ourselves.
    Ice Floe, 81 degrees N, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#4879
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie & LJax
    Debbie & LJax
    Shortly after this photo, a bear was spotted swimming to our ice floe.
    Ice Floe, 81 degrees N, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#4883
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - swimming so low in the water that it almost got to our ice floe before we hastily evacuated.
    Zodiac, 81 degrees N, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#4886
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - disappointed that all the 'meat' had left the ice floe.
    Zodiac, 81 degrees N, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#4891
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - we stayed just out of leaping distance to take photos.
    Zodiac, 81 degrees N, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#4902
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - he is a big male and disappointed that we left the ice floe.
    Zodiac, 81 degrees N, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#4990
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Zodiac, 81 degrees N, Svalbard, Norway, September 16, 2016
    2016-09-16#5002
    Larry L. Jackson