Luxury Among the Bears

Our camp at the Arctic Circle beside Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada was extremely small and a little flimsy looking as we got our first glimpse of it when flying in from Churchill. However, others had survived and lived to tell the tale and after all the tiny little electric fence around the camp would scare the polar bears away, wouldn’t it….. Also, leaning up against … Continue reading Luxury Among the Bears

Three Quarters of a Ton and See Through Hair

It’s quite difficult to imagine how big a male polar bear is, 3 metres (10 foot) doesn’t sort of sound much. After all Steven Adams is 2.13 metres (seven foot). But 750 Kilos (three quarters of a ton) starts to make it all sound a bit more overwhelmingly real.Even play fighting like these young polar bears shows the terrifying power in their huge bodies. They … Continue reading Three Quarters of a Ton and See Through Hair