Definitely not birds.
Tokina 400/5.6 on the LX. Hand-held long before SR in the polar nigth, Arctic Ocean, around 85 degrees North if I remember correctly. Only light source is some headlamps. Fujichrome 400 ISO. Scanned on a crappy flat bed scanner, will do it better on the film scanner some day.
Hard to see it, right? Hope you didn't forget to bring your gun?
"I think I can smell some fresh scientists..."
"Mmh, either the seals learned to walk on their back flippers, or this is the foot prints of some two-three very crispy scientists...realy fat and tasty."
"Oh damn, I lost them, they must be hiding in that strange large human-thing with all the lights over there (translate to ice breaker)."