Polar bear sow and cubs. Alaska's arctic. Canon 1Ds Mark III, 100-400 f/5.6L IS, 1/800 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 800
Cloudy skies, although not good for aurora, offered some good light for afternoon photography of this family of polar bears. The sow with two cubs take shelter from the winds common to the north coast of Alaska’s arctic. Shooting directly into the wind with lightly blowing snow at temperatures around freezing present some problems with keeping a lens clean.
