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The POLAR 5 - a Basler BT-67 - is a research aircraft operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany.
The aircraft is an old 1942 Douglas DC3-T that was refurbished and converted in 2007 by Basler Turbo Conversions, LLC in Oshkosh, WI.
So it's an old aircraft equipped with new engines and the latest aircraft technology.
On board is a good half-ton of geophysical measurement instruments, making the aircraft well equipped for research tasks.
I just returned from an amazing trip to Churchill, Manitoba. It was freezing and the Hudson bay froze over early this year. We were a bit nervous that all the polar bears would be gone but we still had amazing sightings and saw this mama polar bear and her cubs every day of our trip. The weather was bitter cold but this place is just magical.
It's Florida, so there's no snow, the tree is fake, the sun is shining, and the weather is as far from frightful as it can get. But best wishes to everyone on Flickr for a Very Happy Holiday and
a Most Successful 2018!
Barrow/Utqiagvik, Alaska-17141
During a past birding trip in the northern Alaskan town of Utqiagvik/Barrow , a mate and I were driving the coastal road looking for birds that might be flying along the beach and to our absolute shock and surprise there was this Polar Bear standing on the frozen Arctic ocean, no more than a 100 yards of the beach eating possibly the left overs from dead seal or whale?
We ended up watched him from the beach for about 20-30 minutes, "it seem like hours" before he moved on. During the time he was eating, every once in awhile he would look our way, just to make sure we were not getting too close.
looking through the camera view finder it added to the tension as it made him feel even closer, this is definitely a wildlife highlight and experience I will never forget.
I spent almost the whole November in Antarctica on a mission to shoot the polar landscapes and give presentations to a group of photo hobbyists. This is not a ship dedicated to do photography, so I squeezed my time everywhere, on the deck, on zodiacs, and on kayaks, with my Pentax 645Z, my Nikon D800 and even with my ZTE cellphone. This picture was shot from a kayak trip with my ZTE cellphone, it may be not high-res, but it renders every details of the iceberg very well, another example of low end equipment with excellent result.
This is VIENNA, born 1988
She is polar bear FIETES Grandma
and she is the Mother of VIKTOR and Grandma of PIXEL in the Yorkshire Wildlife Park too
She lives in the Zoo Rostock, Germany
Polar night means the period in the north when the sun does not rise at all. Here in Muonio, the next sunrise is on January 3rd. The daylight hours are short but not completely dark, because the light in the sky is reflected by the snow.
A Greater snowdrop 'Polar Bear' (Galanthus elwesii ‘Polar Bear’) is a late flowering variety of snowdrops with very attractive outward-facing, rather than nodding, flowers when fully opened. Taken in the garden. Bath, England, UK.
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Alkefjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard
A large crop from the original, but I thought a portrait would work well with the dark basalt cliffs as a background. For greater emphasis, I have further darkened the background
February 27, is International Polar Bear Day which raises awareness on the issues facing polar bears and the ways in which we can reduce our carbon footprint. Climate change is a huge threat to polar bears’ existence and it’s up to us to take action and protect their future.
It is amazing how fast a Polar Bear can run. In this photo, the bear ran by me at a gait, not full speed, and the gait was amazingly fast. I'm thinking, if a polar bear wants a human and the human is out without protection, the polar bear will win 100% of the time.
at least 15 mph. Glad I was in the safety of a vehicle, however, the glass and sheet metal would just slow the bear down.
The Northern Lights are undoubtedly one of the most impressive natural phenomena. With solar activity approaching its peak, there was a good chance of seeing some. This was the case in March 2024, although the sky was not as spectacular as it will be in October 2024. The Lofoten Islands offer some good observation sites.
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) named "Tatqiq" (on right 19 years old) and brother "Kalluk: (on left 19 years old) with 25 year old female "Chinook" . Polar Bear Plunge, San Diego Zoo.
Conservation status: Vulnerable.
A very heavily processed artistic adaptation of a close-up photo that I took in August of a Polar Bear Zinnia in Pella, Iowa.
I created two different layers in Photoshop using the Art History Brush with two separate brushes. I then added a heavy paint texture to both of these new layers and adjusted the transparency of each layer in the stack. I again applied the same heavy paint texture to the entire composite image and removed some of the texture from the center of the flower with a mask and brush. To finish the composition, I did some dodge & burn work and then used Photoshop’s Selective Color tool and Curves tool to apply some minor color-grading.
This cute little character is one of several polar bear stuffed animals that we use for Christmas decorations each year around our house. This guy with the coke bottle is my favorite of the bunch. It's a nod to the Coca-Cola TV commercials that featured animated polar bears that began running in 1993, and first appeared in Coke Christmas ads in 1995.
Crazy Tuesday: "Your Favorite Christmas/Advent/Hanukkah or Similar Decoration" theme
HCT
I am not sure I like the idea of polar bears under a palm tree.
(Lenny Henry)
Looking close... on Friday! - Bears
(photo by Freya, edit by me)
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