Final Day in the Rovers
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| Crescent moon and Venus just before sunrise. |
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| The crescent moon is more obvious in an enlargement of the previous photo. |
Polar Bears
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| Val and Kurt scan the tundra for polar bears. We watched one from a distance as he swam in an attempt to catch seal on a rock. The seal escaped and taunted the bear by swimming close - the bear has no chance of catching a seal in the water. |
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| A second polar bear came much closer to us. We watched as it ambled across the tundra. |
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| Same bear - now partially hidden by shrubs. |
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| The bear continued on its way and passed between our two rovers. |
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| As the bear walked away, I got a good look at a furry foot. |
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| Another polar bear on the tundra. |
Birds
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| Ptarmigans. In the summer, these birds are brown. For the winter, they switch to white plumage. The ptarmigan in the middle has not quite completed the change. |
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| Sanderling |
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| Tundra swan |
Goodbye to the Rovers
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| These two rovers are exchanging passengers, but someone called this "Making Baby Rovers". |
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| Farewell to our rover driver, Val. |
We spent the next two nights at the Seaport Hotel in Churchill. While more comfortable than the Tundra Lodge, it lacked the charm and the fabulous food of the Lodge. Churchill shuts down at 10 PM - a siren at that time alerts everyone that the polar bear watch is off-duty, so it is not recommended to be outside after that time. Aurora watching was scheduled for 9 to 10:30 PM, but this time of year the aurora is best seen after midnight. So we decided to get some sleep instead.
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