Polar Bear
Hauled up on
A boulder of floating ice
He fell asleep
And drifted.
Waves rocked him
Till Svalbard was
Almost out of sight...
Likewise his thoughts sailed
In Arctic dreams
Of hunting and stars
And the passage of days
Stretching out to a lost horizon
Where, in a shroud of fog,
He was heading
Anyway.
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British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award with his awesome picture of a sleeping young polar bear drifting away from Norway's Svalbard archipelago. See my Longyearbyen post from last October.
I wonder if bear wakes up wondering, (omit swear word) 'Where in the world am I'? It's a stunningly beautiful photo.
ReplyDeleteMany polar bears have already drowned. They are heading the way of the dodo.
DeleteThat's a great photo, though it looks too cold to be falling asleep. Good poem too.
ReplyDeleteTheir fur has amazing insulation qualities.
DeleteThis was even on our main news some time earlier this week. A truly impressive picture.
ReplyDeleteIt is a once in a lifetime image.
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ReplyDeleteThat is a polar bear - not a fox!
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DeleteHe looks so peaceful, I do hope he didn't float too far away. I hate to think of the fate of so many of these beautiful creatures.
ReplyDeleteHe was probably exhausted after swimming where for many centuries there would have been ice - twelve feet thick.
DeleteAn amazing photo which is on show at the Natural History Museum in London and I'm hoping to go and see. Thanks for the poem YP
ReplyDeleteI hope you get there ADDY.
DeleteAre you sure that's not an AI image? It is very good if not.
ReplyDeleteI had not thought of that Jaycee. It would be interesting to experiment.
DeleteI liked the lions. Caption: Mummy! I don't like it. Aunty Elsa's tongue is too rough.
ReplyDeletePerfect lighting on the bear.
ReplyDeleteI'm worried about how far from shore he might be when he wakes up.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful photo, but it also gives me a feeling of dread. I'd want to wake that bear up and say, "Swim for the coast!"
ReplyDeletePhotos of polar bears fill me with dread, beautiful though they are. All of them.
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