Taken north of Spitsbergen, Svalbard in July 2012. This was taken during a research cruise in the Summer sea ice.

The bear, probably a young male, showed interest in the ship as we steamed past. In the brief minutes that the encounter lasted for, the bear displayed several behaviours and I was able to capture several of these up tight and also wider on camera. This was my favourite shot. A wider shot showing the environment that the bear lives in, as the bear tries to get a sniff of the boat in the wind.

Taken with a Canon 7d and 100-400 F4.5-5.6 L lens.

Printed with Epson Ultrachrome HDR inks on Epson premium luster paper on an Epson Stylus Pro 4900 primter. Research carried out by Epson suggest this combination of ink and paper is lightfast for 64 years when prints are stored properly under glass.

Obviously the print will not be watermarked and it will be signed by me before it is shipped.

The sizes below are the ones that I commonly make. If you would like a different size please contact me. Aspect ratio of the image is 3:2. The size offered for sale in this listing is 20.0 x 13.3 cm.

Common sizes;

20.0 x 13.3 cm / 7.9 x 5.2 in (0.5cm border longest edge on A5 size paper)

28.7 x 19.1 cm / 11.3 x 7.5 in (0.5cm border longest edge on A4 size paper)

40.0 x 26.7 cm / 15.7 x 10.5 in (1cm border longest edge on A3 size paper)

57.4 x 38.3 cm / 22.6 x 15.1 in (1cm border longest edge on A2 size paper)

Contact me if you would like more information about the picture or for any other questions you may have.

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Images and text © Stuart Thomson - please don't steal my pictures :)