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[Rifleman1776]

Great pics all. Former professional photog here, I appreciate good photographs.

 

[Phil Coffins]

antelope fawn hiding, bees
DSCF0674 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr
IMG_0073 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

 

[toot]

I understand. Having a life threatening disease made me the same Ray. I’m 76 and just enjoy seeing the wildlife.

I too have a life threatening illness- CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. that is when you appreciate little things such as these photos. keep em coming!!

 

[Ames]

 

[GAGrice]

Before retiring to a golf course in Nevada, I spent 37 years working in Alaska. Last 25 in Prudhoe Bay, Arctic villages and oilfields. I took thousands of pictures of wildlife. The Arctic villages was special and dangerous. Getting chased by a polar bear was a photographer friends favorite pastime.

 

[GAGrice]

That is in the Village of Kaktovik with plenty of bears when whaling season is in full swing.

 

[Nyckname]

@GAGrice There are towns in Canadia where it's illegal to lock car doors. All vehicles must be available as sanctuary from polar bears.

 

[GAGrice]

Lots of caribou, many times I walked out of our office to have the building surrounded by a couple hundred. Easy getting close up shots with a camera. No hunting within 5 miles of the Pipeline.

 

[GAGrice]

Walrus were not always within camera range.

 

[GAGrice]

Prudhoe Bay was a nesting ground for many Ducks, Geese and Swans.

 

[GAGrice]

Huge flocks of geese would show up to nest long before the snow and ice was gone.

 

[GAGrice]

You always looked out the window of the camp door before charging out. We always had grizzly bears looking for food in the dumpsters. Fish and Wildlife would tag and haul them 75 miles South into the Brooks range. I don't think it took them long to get back.

 

[GAGrice]

Not all fun and games, climbing towers at -40 forty to align MW dishes, was just part of the job.

 

[GAGrice]

Climbing towers in Summer had its own challenges when the bears decided they wanted to climb.

 

[GAGrice]

@GAGrice There are towns in Canadia where it's illegal to lock car doors. All vehicles must be available as sanctuary from polar bears.

Locking a vehicle in the Arctic was not wise. It would likely freeze up and have to be thawed. I don't ever remember locking anything up there.

 

[GAGrice]

Locking a vehicle in the Arctic was not wise. It would likely freeze up and have to be thawed. I don't ever remember locking anything up there.

Well fed bears are more curious than aggressive. Still I want something between me and them.

 

[Nyckname]

Locking a vehicle in the Arctic was not wise. It would likely freeze up and have to be thawed.

I've known nurses and medics who carried syringes of alcohol for unfreezing locks.

 

[Phil Coffins]

I carry alcohol but never for locks!

 

[Sean Gadhar]

 

[Ames]