ARCTIC AUKS

The first polar bear sighting! Right before lunch, a large male came ashore on to the beach and worked his way up to the boat house. After inspecting the amphibious tanks, light house, and boat house, he turned and started to slam against the siding of the boat house. We don’t know whether his motives were the zodiacs or the stock piles of potatoes inside, but he managed to put a huge dent in the side of the boat house. Soon, he turned and crept back onto the beach where he remained out of sight until reappearing 200 meters down the beach. After that, he dissappeared for good.

Paul, the Canadian nat geo photographer, remarked “theres a good chance I won’t be sleeping in the boat house tonight.” Fortunately, we had a sighting from the porch of the station–the best kind of sighting for these bears.