MERRY X-MAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014-2015

ARCTIC KINGDOM FLY-IN POLAR BEAR SAFARI WITH SLIDESHOWS

LITTLE INUIT BOY ON THE PLANE

THE CAMP IN THE BACKGROUND.  BUSHY HAS JUST DELIVERED US SAFELY

FIRST AFTERNOON THIS BEAR CAME TO VISIT

ANOTHER DAY THERE WAS A BEAR A LITTLE FARTHER AWAY

STILL FARTHER AWAY

QUITE COLD !!!

THE FOXES WERE AROUND ALL THE TIME

NIGHT-TIME VISITOR

TRYING TO CATCH MYSELF TOGETHER WITH THE BEAR !

ARCTIC KINGDOM FLY-IN POLAR BEAR SAFARI--VERY SHORT

6 AIRPLANE FLIGHTS NEEDED TO REACH THE DESTINATION.

QUITE COLD WEATHER OUTSIDE THE LITTLE PLANE

THE MAIN CABIN WITH KITCHEN AND DININGROOM

MINUS 30 DEGREES CELSIUS.  I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH COLD BEFORE.

THE CABIN I SHARED WITH SUE FROM AUSTRALIA

WARM INSIDE !!!

JASON, OUR CLEVER INUIT GUIDE

THE FOXES WERE AROUND MOST THE TIME, HOPING FOR FOOD!

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.

POLAR BEAR MOM AND CUB IN THE FAR DISTANCE.  WE SAW THEIR TRACKS NEAR THE CAMP THE NEXT DAY

READY !!! (ME IN WHITE) AND PAM IN PURPLE (SHE ARRANGED THE TRIP FOR ME)

AT THE CLOSEST THE BEAR WAS ABOUT 5 METERS FROM US (BUT THEN WE WERE BEHIND THE ELECTRICAL FENCE)

JUST AFTER SUNSET

POLAR BEAR AT NIGHT LIT UP BY A TORCH

NORTHERN LIGHT (HOWEVER MY CAMERA WAS NOT WELL SUITED FOR NIGHT-PHOTOGRAPHY)

VERY COLD !!!

THE LAST DAY A STORM HIT US SO WE HAD TO STAY AN EXTRA DAY !

FELT AT HOME SEEING THIS !!!

FINALLY BUSHY COULD ARRIVE

PRETTY UNDERGROUND PASSWAY AT CHICAGO AIRPORT O´HARE