Wednesday, August 31, 2016  -  We have had a remarkable two days.  Yesterday we were chosen to take an "unexpected adventure" which was a Zodiac cruise through the ice in the early morning (we left at 7:45 a.m.).  We saw some amazing pack ice, two bearded seals and our first polar bear of the trip!  It was hard to get good pictures from the Zodiac as we couldn't go too close, but some of the expedition team members were able to get some amazing pictures, some of which I will post later. Here is a picture of the ship with ice in the foreground.

Later in the day we saw some more polar bears - a sow with 2 cubs on the ice and 2 single bears, one on a seal kill.  They have an amazing Cineflex camera mounted on the ship and are able to beam on to the ship video from shore.  Some of these pics are from that stream.