Hey Folks

Here’s an image from my recent trip to the arctic to photograph polar bears. The light was great, and the landscape just swept away behind him. The more I shoot, the more these kinds of images seem to ring home for me.

There are a lot of places that are popular for polar bear photography nowadays, but few where you can grab a polar bear image with a massive mountain range in the background; and the infamous ANWR Section 1002 coastal plain in the foreground.

Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus, at sunrise, on Section 1002 of the ANWR coastal plain, and the Brooks Mountains Range in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

You can see all my available polar bear photos here.

I’ll add a few other images below from different blog posts I’ve done over the years Enjoy.

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Polar bears at play

Hey Folks,

Another polar bear photo from the recent trip to the arctic. These guys are absolutely awesome to photograph. I’m looking forward to returning again in the fall, 2013, guiding a small private photo tour (4 people plus myself, maximum). Details to come, but contact me if you’re interested.

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Polar Bear photo, Arctic Alaska

All I can say is “wow”. What a great finish I had to the summer/fall this year. A trip to the arctic to photograph polar bears that couldn’t have been better. This beautiful bear, near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), curiously approached across the ice; fantastic trip, I’ll post more about it once I get caught up on everything here.

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Male Polar Bear Photo

A large male adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) stalks across the frozen, snow-covered tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in Alaska.

Earlier this month in the arctic, we got some great opportunities with this large adult male polar bear as he stalked across the snow-covered tundra.

These bears are an incredibly impressive creature; huge bears! I shot a bunch of images of polar bears of all sizes, and will try to post a few to the blog as time permits. This is one of my favorites so far. Hope you enjoy the image.

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Polar Bear Picture

It’s time for another polar bear picture!

One of the large male polar bears off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife refuge, ANWR, Alaska.

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Polar Bear Sleeping in a Snow Storm

Hey Folks,

A quick post for while I’m gone; given the current weather most of the readers in the Lower 48 states are experiencing, this one might be somewhat apropos. A polar bear, sleeping in a snowstorm. See folks, it really isn’t that bad.

Polar bears are simply ridiculously photogenic. Even asleep, on a blanket of snow covered ground, and a foggy misty background, they simply look great. It’s a good thing though. Photographing polar bears, or grizzly bears, involves a lot of watching the bear sleep. And sleep. So it’s a nice experiment to see if we can come up with decent photos of the bears sleeping.

This one is one of my favorites, so far. I hope this guy’s wide awake right now and having a grand time on the ice, chasing seals and eating all that rich blubber. And with that said, I’m heading off to sleep for a while myself. And then to trundle round the mountains, and enjoy some time in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

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Polar bear cub photo

hey folks,

Just thought I’d wrap things up for the year with another polar bear photo. This one I took a couple of years ago, but I ran across it this evening doing some editing and so on and thought I’d post it. I just love the pose and feel of this shot.

Hope you all had a good year, and wish you all the best for the holiday season and the coming year.