ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Cruising north of Svalbard for two full days to reach the ice pack, we found our first bear almost straight away. As we slowly cruised, if you can call a whopping 2 knots cruising, we made our way towards the bear. Within the hour it became clear that we had an arctic puzzle on our hands.

What we found was a kill, a big beautiful diner full of blubbery yumminess that bears for miles around would be able to smell. As the ice shifted, we made our way toward the main course. But what a strange sight it was. 6 bears initially, a total of 9 shortly after, were feasting on a narwhal and a Greenland shark. As far as we could fathom, the unicorn of the sea, the narwhal had died somehow, drawing the ancient of the deep, the Greenland shark up from the depths. This particular shark did not arrive at the 300-400 years that has been the live expectancy of these strange and mysterious of all sharks. Maybe it came up to feed on the narwhal and was jumped by one or more of the bears?

For two days, we watched in fascination as bears came and went, curiously explored the ship, and devoured every last bit of meat on those two magnificent carcasses.

AUTHOR
Wandering the globe, I search for stillness. I take photos for my own memories and attachments to places I’ve been, the people I meet, and experiences had. I’ve now traveled to 70+ countries on 6 continents. After a number of careers, jobs, and places lived, I continue to look for places to hike, travel, meet, explore, and get lost.

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