Thursday, September 19, 2013

polar bears and walrus of Svalbard/ Spitzberg

It's close to nowhere... except the North Pole!
and you can see hikers with pepper spray gun ...
as a protection against polar bears...
but most of them are north of the island on the ice floe
with its beautiful icebergs
they are majestic
don't hesitate to  swim
or to jump
when they smell food...
They look agressive
this one killed a seal
ate it
and ran around the boat
leaving a bloody stain on the ice
we saw a bearded seal on an iceberg
A resting bear could smell us....
it starts moving in our direction
jumping on its way
looking  at its reflexion
and came near the boat
even too close!
another day we took the zodiac
passing by beautiful glaciers
calving in the sea
a female walrus posing as the little meermaid..
A huge walrus with its hairy face
ready to land on the beach
forced us back to the boat

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