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Ute_Kaden
post Aug 22 2005, 06:10 PM
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My first polar bear
TREC 8-19-05


Ship Position Information at 2005/08/20 06:13:01 UTC
Longitude: 175 50.829 W Latitude: 78 56.957 N

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I was sitting in the computer lab typing a TREC report as the pipe (announcement) came over the ships speaker system: “Polar bear at the bow- starboard.” Pencils dropped and we were running outside. Hmmm, where to go- the bow is the front of the ship and starboard is the right side – Let’s go to the front and right side of the ship.
No need to search for the bear at the bow. There were about 30 people watching and pointing at him.

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I had never seen a polar bear before and it was quite a site. The bear was about 200 m in front of the ship, walking, running, swimming. We all took photos like crazy. Well, I had only a small camera in my pocked (Murphy’s Law). My photos look more like can you find the bear …Thankfully, somebody had a big zoom lens and we shared the pictures immediately after the event.
Enjoy,

Ute Kaden

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Polar bear tracks on the ice flow

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Polar bear in front of the ship.


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