Polar Bear on Sea Ice, Barents SeaI photographed this bear from a ship north of Svalbard, deep into the Barents Sea. We'd been pushing through loose pack ice for hours, and the cold was relentless even in July. When the bear appeared on a small floe ahead, the ship slowed and everyone went silent. It stood watching us, completely still, facing the camera head on. The ice had broken up badly. Dozens of fragments scattered across dark water, white against black, and the floe this bear