Now the ice carries Sisu’s weight!

15.11.2017 – Photos by Marko Junttila, Ranua Wildlife Park

Terve! Hello! Servus! In my last report I told you we have snow and thin ice. Now I’m glad to inform you that the ice is – in most parts – thick enough to carry my weight! Oh bear, that’s so wonderful!

Just watch and admire! I’m standing on the ice. You must admit I’m already quite an impressive polar bear although mama still calls me her baby. Sigh, you know what the mothers are like ….

Follow me and I show you what I can do on the ice.

Oooops! There are some unfrozen spots …. but the water really is so refreshingly cold! Maybe you wouldn’t dive in this water but then you don’t have a furry swimming suit like I have. Why do you have to be so naked???

It looks like our pool is filled with ice floats.

I don’t mind wetting my paws. May I remind you that I’m a Finnish Viking!!!

I think I found something ….

Oh, yeah, there’s definitely something under the ice!

Yippee! I was right! I wonder if this is meat or maybe the remains of an ice bomb ….

Must shake my boomsie to get rid of the water on my fur.

Oh bear, there’s a dessert, too!

This kind of treasure hunting is soooo fun!

It will take some time until our pool is completely frozen but I’m so happy about it already.

These paws are made for walking on the ice! 🙂

This time of the year it gets dark very early. We call it ‘kaamos’ which means that there’s daylight only a few hours a day. However, the sun hasn’t totally abandoned us and when it shines my fur gets this wonderful platinum shade of white.

The sun rays really are very flattering for my fur and make me look smashing. Excuse me for saying so myself but I’m sure you agree!

When the sun has disappeared it’s not really dark. The snow has made the darkness turn into a ‘blue hour’. And with any luck we can see a fantastic show in the sky – the northern lights! How does that sound?