Polar Bears - Data, Pictures and Videos

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Photo and information credits: Jayanth Sharma
The higher Arctic is a fascinating place. At any given point, every day the landscape changes due to various factors like wind, current etc. So for a Polar Bear, it is usually not the usual place to be when she has two little teddy bears to care for. So most of the mothers and cubs I have seen in the past has been on land or near land.
But this year was exception, this mother bear and her cubs were the highlight of the trip. Less than a year old, the cubs are completely at ease in the open sea ice and they cooperate with mum going about their daily lives.
This was shot in August this year and as some of you know I have two expeditions lined up for 2017, one in July and another in August and we have half the spots taken on both departures.

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