Curious Polar Bear on Beach, SvalbardThis bear walked straight towards us across the shingle beach, head up, completely relaxed. We were on shore in Svalbard with a safe distance and a guide who was decidedly less relaxed than the bear. It stopped maybe eighty metres out and just stood there, reading us. That reddish staining on the fur is old seal blood, weeks of hunting ground into the coat. A bear in good form. I had the lens on it for several minutes while it decided what to make of