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| LITTLE INUIT BOY ON THE PLANE |
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| THE CAMP IN THE BACKGROUND. BUSHY HAS JUST DELIVERED US SAFELY |
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| FIRST AFTERNOON THIS BEAR CAME TO VISIT |
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| ANOTHER DAY THERE WAS A BEAR A LITTLE FARTHER AWAY |
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| STILL FARTHER AWAY |
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| QUITE COLD !!! |
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| THE FOXES WERE AROUND ALL THE TIME |
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| NIGHT-TIME VISITOR |
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| TRYING TO CATCH MYSELF TOGETHER WITH THE BEAR ! |
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| 6 AIRPLANE FLIGHTS NEEDED TO REACH THE DESTINATION. |
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| QUITE COLD WEATHER OUTSIDE THE LITTLE PLANE |
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| THE MAIN CABIN WITH KITCHEN AND DININGROOM |
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| MINUS 30 DEGREES CELSIUS. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH COLD BEFORE. |
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| THE CABIN I SHARED WITH SUE FROM AUSTRALIA |
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| WARM INSIDE !!! |
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| JASON, OUR CLEVER INUIT GUIDE |
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| THE FOXES WERE AROUND MOST THE TIME, HOPING FOR FOOD! |
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| PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE COLD. I HAD 2 CAMERAS WITH ME, ONE FOR OUTDOOR, KEPT IN AN OUTER ROOM OF THE CABIN AND ONE IN THE DININGROOM, SINCE WE OFTEN OBSERVED BOTH FOXES AND POLAR BEARS FROM THERE. |
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| POLAR BEAR MOM AND CUB IN THE FAR DISTANCE. WE SAW THEIR TRACKS NEAR THE CAMP THE NEXT DAY |
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| READY !!! (ME IN WHITE) AND PAM IN PURPLE (SHE ARRANGED THE TRIP FOR ME) |
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| AT THE CLOSEST THE BEAR WAS ABOUT 5 METERS FROM US (BUT THEN WE WERE BEHIND THE ELECTRICAL FENCE) |
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| JUST AFTER SUNSET |
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| POLAR BEAR AT NIGHT LIT UP BY A TORCH |
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| NORTHERN LIGHT (HOWEVER MY CAMERA WAS NOT WELL SUITED FOR NIGHT-PHOTOGRAPHY) |
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| VERY COLD !!! |
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| THE LAST DAY A STORM HIT US SO WE HAD TO STAY AN EXTRA DAY ! |
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| FELT AT HOME SEEING THIS !!! |
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| FINALLY BUSHY COULD ARRIVE |
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| PRETTY UNDERGROUND PASSWAY AT CHICAGO AIRPORT O´HARE |
