Quote Originally Posted by G535
What's the story behind that picture? The dog looks like he's chained to something.
The picture was taken by Norbert Rosing. He's a famous arctic photographer. I can't find that pic on his website. I did find it and several more of the same dog interacting with the bears available as poster from a working dog site. I'm guessing the dog was part of one of his arctic expeditions which are done by dog team. The dog is chained to the ice, an common practice in the high arctic--there are no trees on the sea ice(heck, there are no trees up there period, even on the land) to tether the expedition team to and using skidoos is still fairly uncommon up there--dogs are much more reliable transportation!