2007 Animals in their Environment - Highly Commended
Norbert Rosing (Germany)
Freezing issues
'Flying over Hudson Bay, I saw the bears. It was so beautiful. But the cracks in the ice symbolise their future. For two decades, I've visited this place and every year spring has arrived earlier and autumn arrived later. Last year, it was November before the ice was thick enough for the bears to start walking to their hunting grounds.' Polar bears are the largest bears in the world. They spend their lives on the Arctic ice, hunting small mammals and birds on the icy plains, catching seals and whales in the cold waters. Bears in Hudson Bay, where the ice melts completely in the summer, wait ashore for it to snow, unable to feed. They need ice to survive.
Leica R9 with 70–180mm zoom lens; 1/500 sec at f8; gyro stabilizer; Fujichrome Velvia 100.
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