polar bear on the ice
Annals of Zweibieren, Norway, 2008 two beers
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 The Polar Star in Bellsund  Massive building beam joint at Heathrow terminal five  Our guide in Edinburgh, Sue Caseley
 Another Edinburgh guide, not ours; wonderfully animated  The  Ancient tree in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh
 Dawn of our first day aboard ship; off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland  Entrance to a house in the Orkneys; five millennia old  Skaill Farm, from Skara Brae, Orkney Islands
 The ring of Brodgar, Shetlands; at 4500 years old it is a little newer than Stonehenge  Illiterate birds at Jarlshof, Shetland Islands  Bridge to islands offshore from Bergen, Norway; one of the thousands of new bridges in Norway
 Edvard Greig's home outside Bergen, Norway  Art shot of the bird cliffs of Runde Island, Norway  An emergence outside the bird cliffs of Runde Island, Norway
 The feeding tank at the aquarium in Ålesund, Norway  Wood detail of a nail-less old stave church at the Trondelag Folk Museum, Trondheim, Norway  Hikers about to descend the exit from the hole piercing Torghatten
 Torghatten; yes, that is a hole right on through  One of my many pictures of Reine, Norway, the view that was voted the most scenic in Europe  Yes, we were there at the most scenic spot in Europe (and the sky and sea cooperated marvelously)
 Yet another shot of Reine  Blacksmith's whale overlooking the piers at Sund, Norway  Bridge across the harbor at Tromsø
 Antenna on a cloudy day at Tromsø  Grumpy ignores growl-ly  Gull following the Polar Star in Samarin Fjord, Hornsund, Svalbard
 Susan on the ice after Polar Star demonstrated that it really was an ice breaker  Pierre confronts the Polar Star in Samarin Fjord  Tourist with guide Gary protecting us from Polar Bears (apparently a real danger exists)
 Life boat on Polar Star, cliff on Samarin Fjord  This is the life; on Samarin Fjord  The Weather was perfect for viewing and picture taking
 Rippled sky?  I waited ten minutes for the ice to drift just right  !
 !!  Egg ashore at Gnålodden, Svalbard  !
 !!! (Our latest PC wallpaper)  All the clouds we saw all day  S points out our polar bear
 The bear was far out on the ice; he was at a seal hole, probably intending the seal no good  The mountains across from Svalbard airport. The memories fade, but the photos delight us

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