Brown Bear in Finland
This young male Brown Bear had a striking pelage with symmetrical white triangular epaulettes on each shoulder and a band joining them across his chest. We called him Epaulette Bear. He was also rather acrobatic and frequently stood on his hind legs like this. He appeared about 21:30 but it was light enough to manage a few photographs at such a high latitude. We were on about the same latitude as the Faeroes and even at the darkest part of the night it was still light. This was deep in the taiga forest of eastern Finland where bait is put out to attract Wolverines. But the Bears have cottoned on to this regular free handout so are frequent visitors.
Brown Bear in Finland
This young male Brown Bear had a striking pelage with symmetrical white triangular epaulettes on each shoulder and a band joining them across his chest. We called him Epaulette Bear. He was also rather acrobatic and frequently stood on his hind legs like this. He appeared about 21:30 but it was light enough to manage a few photographs at such a high latitude. We were on about the same latitude as the Faeroes and even at the darkest part of the night it was still light. This was deep in the taiga forest of eastern Finland where bait is put out to attract Wolverines. But the Bears have cottoned on to this regular free handout so are frequent visitors.