Ice pack n bear

Stuck in my cabin. Running out of podcasts to listen to, as we chug somewhere along the north coast of Spitsbergen. We enter a channel that runs between a small cluster of islands, Sjuoyane islands. The channel is full of broken sea ice but the ship was built just for this, and presses on through.

Marvin announces that there is a bear somewhere in the distance on the ice, so we will stop a while. The sun puts in a rare appearance but I can't see this alleged bear. After a while the GM inches forward and the bear comes into view. It is still a long way away, but I can get a reasonable sight through the binoculars. Over the next hour the bear moves from about 11.30 to 9 o'clock ( position wise )and approaches to withn about 50 yards, despite the racket coming from 2-3 nearby cabins who don't seem to grasp the concept of noise scaring wildlife.Read more