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The king of the haulout

Posted by Tom Arnbom in From the field, Polar bears on 16 August, 2013

In the middle of 400 walruses, on a small piece of ice, is the king — a fat male polar bear.

Our first polar bear

Posted by Geoff York in From the field, Polar bears on 16 August, 2013

Mikhail wakes up just after midnight. The crew has spotted our first polar bear, and it’s a family group!

The last stop before the Laptev

Posted by Tom Arnbom in From the field on 15 August, 2013

My old boyhood dream is now reality – I’m on my way to the Laptev Sea.

Waking up in Khatanga

Posted by Geoff York in From the field on 14 August, 2013

It’s about 4 degrees C this morning, and wisps of fog are rising from the river.

Getting Wooly Underground

Posted by Geoff York in From the field on 14 August, 2013

Some delays have silver linings. A delay in our departure from Khatanga actually had a decidedly cooler lining- a trip to the local woolly mammoth museum housed in a permafrost cave underneath the town.

Arrival in Khatanga

Posted by Tom Arnbom in From the field on 13 August, 2013

We’ve just landed in the Arctic in Khatanga, there’s a lovely sharpness in the arctic air.

To the airport, to the Laptev

Posted by Tom Arnbom in From the field on 12 August, 2013

We have now all gathered in Moscow and are on our the way to Krasnoyarsk, where we will change flights to the Arctic.

Good fences make good polar bear neighbours

Posted by WWF Arctic in From the field, Polar bears on 9 August, 2013

There’s an electric fence in WWF’s Ottawa office, and a motion detector’s siren blares at the first unlucky staffer to walk through the kitchen.

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