Sleeping Polar Bear on Snow, SvalbardA polar bear asleep on a snow covered slope in Svalbard, completely at ease among the dark granite boulders that frame the scene. The low Arctic sun throws hard shadows across the rocks while the bear's fur almost disappears into the snow around it. Eyes closed, head resting against the ground, utterly unbothered. I made this photograph in strong directional light, the kind you get at high latitudes when the sun barely climbs above the horizon. It