Christmas, Easter and Special Days

27.2.2026 – Source: Polar Bear International High on a mountain slope in Svalbard, Norway, a polar bear mom cuddles with her cubs in the shelter of their snow den. Outside, Arctic winds sweep across the […]

25.1.2026 by Mervi Today Knutitours (Knuti’s Magazine and the Knuipe) celebrates it’s 18th (!) anniversary! The journey has been long and there have been crashes along the path but like the Fenix bird Knutitours has […]

31.12.2025 by Mervi The year 2025 was again an ‘annus horribilis’ as Queen Elizabeth expressed it in one of her speeches. However, we must try to keep an optimistic mind and hope the lunatic world […]

25.12.2025 – This story was first published 23.12.2023 by the polar bears in the Yorkshire Wildlife Park (with a little help from Mervi) Christmas was approaching with giant steps and our polar bear friends in […]

24.12.2025 by Mervi It’s a tradition for me to write a little Christmas story every year although I know not so many of you read it. My collages are, of course, very amateurish compared to […]

17.12.2025 by Sisu, Photos by Marko Junttila, Collages by Mervi Sisu wrote this story in December 2019 but I think it deserves to be published once again. This was his last Christmas in Finland. Welcome […]

1.12.2025 by Mervi This is my  list of polar bears’ birthdays in December. Of course, there are many more white fluffies celebrating their birth this month but I simply couldn’t count them all. I hope […]

2.11.2025 by Mervi Many of our white fluffy friends have already celebrated their birthdays so I send them my belated happy birthday wishes. I can’t keep count of all birthdays so there’s only a small […]

3.11.2025 – Source: Polar Bears International Photo by Simon Gee Polar Bear Week is the first week of November! In 2025, the dates are Nov. 2-8. Join us by donating, watching our live cams, tuning […]

31.10.2025 –  by Mervi (English / Deutsch), Original photos of Vilma and Fiete by GiselaH, Translation by Doro This story was first published on 31.10.2015 – Fietes erstes Halloween von Mervi; Originalfotos von Vilma und […]