Photos of Polar Bears

**kuhio98** · 11-21-2005, 07:00 PM

Photo Bucket

Some of you know that I work in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on the Arctic Ocean. A friend took many photos of some Polar Bears visiting our work facilities and I thought I'd share them with you. If I've done this right, the link above should take you to my photobucket album with the photos.

At first you see a lone male walking on the Arctic Ocean ice coming inland towards the Alaska Pipeline. Eventually, you see a man with his dog who discourages the bear from coming any closer to our living facilities. I don't know this man or his dog. My friend is the guy you don't see, taking photos of all of this.

After the lone male leaves, there are photos of a mother and cub. The mother has a radio collar on her so she can be tracked. In the last photo is a lone bear with one of our work facilities in the background.

None of the bears were hurt or stressed. You can see that they are curious but make no attempt to charge or hurt anyone. They are evidently easily discouraged by a barking dog.

I hope you enjoyed them.
Lisa

**Uabassoon** · 11-21-2005, 07:02 PM

The link doesn't work right. It's taking me to your login page.

**kuhio98** · 11-21-2005, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by Uabassoon

The link doesn't work right. It's taking me to your login page.

Okay, I think I got if fixed. I forgot to make it a public album. Please let me know if you still can't see the photos. Thank you!

**Alysser** · 11-21-2005, 07:32 PM

Those are great pictures. I think the dog is so cute! I've heard polar bears won't even go near dog their so scared of them. This guy my dad knows run Polar Bear tours alot in Alaska and they go out to see the Polar bears. H has to huskies(Mijo and Lila)to scare them off!

**Felix** · 11-21-2005, 07:35 PM

Very nice photos!

**slick** · 11-21-2005, 07:42 PM

Oh my gosh Lisa, out of all the animals in the world, Polar Bears rank in my top five. I have a Polar Bear poster on my wall at work.

Those photos are stunning and make me want to travel up there someday. I just love the one of the Mother and Cub walking side by side. So very touching. Thanks so much for sharing and for brightening up my workday.

xo

**Uabassoon** · 11-21-2005, 07:49 PM

Those were wonderful photos! Thank you so much for sharing them. Someday I really want to travel out there.

**Suki Wingy** · 11-21-2005, 07:56 PM

those are AMAZING! BREATHTAKING! Do you have any of them bigger so I could maybe use one as a desktop? I really want to be a zookeeper one day, and large carnivores are my FAVORITE!

**anna_66** · 11-21-2005, 08:12 PM

WOW! Those are simply amazing! Thanks so much for sharing them with us

**kuhio98** · 11-21-2005, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Suki Wingy

those are AMAZING! BREATHTAKING! Do you have any of them bigger so I could maybe use one as a desktop? I really want to be a zookeeper one day, and large carnivores are my FAVORITE!

Try double-clicking on them one at a time and see if they load up big for you (they do for me). If that doesn't work, I'd be happy to e-mail them to you. PM me with your e-mail address and I'll send them your way.
Lisa

**CagneyDog** · 11-21-2005, 08:18 PM

I LOVE Polar Bears! They are such beautiful animals!

They're so gorgeous

This must of been so amazing to see.

**cyber-sibes** · 11-21-2005, 08:38 PM

Cool pictures (literally)!

Hey, is that one of those Karelian Bear Dogs? Sure looks like one. Here's a link to pictures of them-
http://images.google.com/images?svnu...r+dogs&spell=1
Man, it looks COOOOOLD where you are! Thanks for sharing those wonderful pictures with us - very impressive!!!

**Giselle** · 11-21-2005, 08:49 PM

LOL, I thought it was a Canaan dog or something. Hahaha, isn't it funny how in a thread dedicated to Polar Bear pictures, we dog owners always seem to find a way to reverberate back to the dogs?

Those are GORGEOUS pictures, especially in such gloomy lighting! =P I love the picture of the mother and cub that CagneyDog posted. That one caught my eye, as well. I must move up there one day...