Tracks Leading From the Sea

Jeff and continued to travel south from the crash site looking for the next seal camp on the coast. On our way, we ran into these recent polar bear tracks that, because of the effects of the wind, had eroded into what appeared to be three dimensional, almost inverted casts of the bear's feet. This spectcaular effect cast an errie pale over the rest our trip as it became apparent that we would be sharing the tundra with the largest land carnivore on earth, an animal that is a strict carnivore and was here for the same reason the Eskimos come here; seal meat. These particular tracks literally come right off the sea ice disappearing west onto the tundra. Our camp was a mere 300 yards to the south of these tracks. I had the foresight to bring along spray but considering the wind conditions out here, I figured we'd have a one in four chance of spraying with the wind depending on the drection of a charge.