Tomorrow is our last chance. The following morning we head back to Churchill by train. Including today the lodge has experienced seven days without a bear sighting.
We spend our days talking about various bear cub sightings in the past, about photography gear or about peoples trips to other wildlife centres of the world. We watch documentary footage showing bears emerging from dens rather than seeing it first hand. It's almost more than we can bare but we can't help watching.
Early afternoon saw the weather clear enough to make a desperate foray into the tundra. Wind was still high but the visibility was much greater than earlier. Unfortunately it made no difference to our ability to locate either denning or travelling bears. We returned to the lodge empty handed again.
In the absence of bears we amused ourself photographing details of the landscape including these abstract images of the frozen lake.
Just after midnight the clouds cleared again and the ventured out into the night to see the northern lights again. Not as magnificent as a few nights ago but awesome all the same.
Tomorrow is our final day at Wat'chee and the forecast offers some glimmer of hope. Wind will still be strong but the sky should be clearing over night and be clear tomorrow. It's our last chance for a bear sighting and it looks like we will have beautiful light should we find our quarry.
Fingers crossed.
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