Yellows & Reds

As already mentioned, I absolutely love the different seasons, colours and light one can get up in the arctic. I don't really understand why it's often pictured as pristine white only. The arctic lives, it changes, from icy heaven to autumn colours, and the colours...!! The transition weeks between midnight sun season and polar night season are so few that the amount of sun you get drastically increases and decreases each day, making for dramatic oranges and red in the autumn, or blues and pinks in the spring.

Also, the same way that the arctic is not just white, polar bears are not white. Their fur is actually transparent, so it reflects its environment: polar bear on ice will therefore be whiter than polar bear on land or at sunset.

Some info on the below photos:
- The bears "flighting": these had been feasting on a brand new walrus carcass. Unfortunately, high tide took the carcass away. The female bear had been trying to drag it back to shore, without success, but the male did. As soon as he reached the shore, the female tried to approach the carcass, hence why we got this display of dominance. Bears rarely go all the way to fighting properly though, especially when there is enough food for all.
- The "Fat" bear: this one had been feasting on a whale carcass for months, and could hardly walk from the weight. We witnessed him leaving for another fjord and swimming seemed too much for him, so he just floated away, or so it seemed.