Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Beware the bears!


There wasn't actually a big risk of encountering
a polar bear just then, but we didn't
take any chances all the same.  We were headed
out of Ny-Alesund (now a research station)
to see the mast from which Amundsen launched the
airship that took him and two others
over the North Pole.
{And everyone on our expedition got one of
these nice warm red parkas to take home.}

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.]

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6 comments:

  1. Tall GarySeptember 6, 2016 at 12:50 AM

    I didn’t realize how far north you were. Wow. Much farther north and you wouldn’t need a compass. Every direction would be south.

    It looks cold (everyone looks like they are carefully walking through syrup) but not so cold to freeze the puddles.

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  2. Aritha V. September 6, 2016 at 5:29 AM

    O, I think I was very afraid! Thanks for sharing this photo. Love it. The red coats.

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  3. RajeshSeptember 6, 2016 at 1:19 PM

    Very interesting.

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  4. JaniceSeptember 6, 2016 at 1:48 PM

    and another pushpin on the map!

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  5. JoyfulSeptember 6, 2016 at 4:25 PM

    Wow! That is a bucket list trip. I hope you saw the bears in addition to getting to the station ;-)

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  6. colleenSeptember 6, 2016 at 9:57 PM

    Beware the bears in red coats?

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