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I was at the Journey to Churchill exhibit on a past Saturday with the hope that the wolf house would be opened as a new part of the exhibit but no such luck. So I got to watch these two polar bears very actively enjoying themselves in their pool.

No exactly sure what they were up to but one kept diving to the floor of the pool and tried to get under an overhanging rock and then the other polar bear would attack it and then they both would rise slowly to the surface only to go through the same routine over and over.

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Taken March 10, 2018.

Posted by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 03/18/18 21:04
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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 03/18/18 21:05

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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 03/18/18 21:06

I like the way the cloud of bubbles created the illusion of a wall between the pair of polar bears.

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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 03/18/18 21:07

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Comments by G.B. SHETTLER on Mon, 03/19/18 10:44

Some GReat images, Jan !!


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sat, 03/24/18 19:01

Some images follow that I meant to post earlier in the comment for the diving duo.


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sat, 03/24/18 19:02

What a polar bear does after a swim.


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sat, 03/24/18 19:03

Two images to show the difference between a b&w and a color version.

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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sat, 03/24/18 19:04

I posted this image to compare color and bw and I do have a preference for the polar bears in the water in a bw format mainly because of the reflective nature of the glass.

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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sat, 03/24/18 19:05

a b&w image of the bobbing bears

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Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sat, 03/24/18 19:06

Hard to get a group shot of polar bears... managed 4 here outside.


Comments by Paul Bracey on Sat, 03/24/18 20:14

Welcome back! Great series. Actually saw the OP on another site. ;)


Comments by Richard Dong on Tue, 04/10/18 22:38

Love the first image, a graceful ballet.