"There - just in from the back of the ice." "Where?" "I can't see anything." "I think you're imagining it." "No, really." "The slight creamy blob just to the right of the dark smudge on the ice face." "I think you might be right, good spot!"
The bear
spotters dialog. Probably heard on every polar bear spotting trip to
Svalbard. Particularly around Bear One.
The first bear of the trip.
Bear One
on any Svalbard trip is always a big deal. It sets the tone of the trip. Is
this going to be a good trip, or a great one. Did the first bear come early? If
it did the trip was going to be a lucky one.
For first
timers on the trip, it's always challenging to pick out the first ivory smudge
in the far distance. For the old hands, its pretty easy. They've seen bears
before. They know what empty ice looks like, and they know if there's a bear
around. Having spotted the bear, the
next challenge is to take photographs.
Yes, it's just going to be a faint blob a few pixels across, but it is
Bear One. How many pictures of Bear One
do you need? A few more will always be good.
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