When tourists and wildlife photographers think of polar bears in Canada the first area that comes to mind is Churchill in Manitoba. They think of tundra buggies in the fall filled with tourists driving around seeing the bears as they are waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze. That was not what Dr. P’s trip was […]
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Pyramiden is a now defunct Russian mining town. Staying here was like taking a mini trip to Russia. It is at the base of Billefjorden glacier, and area we spent most of our time looking for polar bears On some days the parking lot was filled with snow machines from other groups The main entrance
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After our indoctrination in learning how to ride our snow machines we left Longyearbyen on a 5 hour ride that first day. Part way through we stopped for lunch and explored an ice cave under a glacier. It was fascinating to be walking in a cave knowing you are under a glacier. Our ultimate destination
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Dr. P went to Svalbard in the high Arctic above Norway in April of 2022 to search for polar bears and other Arctic wildlife. As opposed to using a boat to cruise the open fjords, he used a snowmobile on the frozen fjords to get around. The stark beauty of the Arctic in the spring
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In part I of the Osprey and the Pond , Dr. P showed some background information on how he has medically worked on birds of prey like osprey since the 1980’s. There was a teaser photo of his encounter with a wild osprey in northern Michigan in the summer of 2024. This page will show
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Dr.P has been photographing osprey in California since 1980, and in northern Michigan since 1995. One of his main goals is to capture a photo of an osprey as it is entering the water and coming out with a fish. This is easier said than done, since many “outside of your control” factors need to
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As a general rule when you are in a zodiac you want to stay far away from glaciers. Not only can a calving glacier swamp a zodiac with a mini tide wave, we learned that when the huge mass of calving ice hits the water it can shoot out shards of sharp ice over 1
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Svalbard Island – 600 miles south of the North Pole Dr. P just returned from a 10 day expedition trip in the high Arctic of Svalbard. This page has a smattering of the wildlife he saw. There will be more posts about what it is like to go on this trip logistically, the awesome guides,
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The Bolsa Chica wetlands are a good place to observe birds and practice your wildlife photography. During the summer months the Black Skimmers make their appearance. Not only are they are beautiful birds to look at as they fly like an F-16 fighter plane, they are quite the photographic challenge. What is unique about them
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River otter families are one of the more playful and fun-to-observe animals in the wild. Dr. P and his veterinary students, along with some California friends, came across a family at a large pond in northern Michigan in June of 2024. Let’s meet the otters and our group of intrepid photographers! Our team of visitors
