This past weekend I made my second voyage to Churchill to shoot some Polar Bears and I wasn't disappointed. Although I didn't see as many as last time I was lucky enough to have these 2 big males start sparing right in front of us for about 20 minutes. Needless to say I took a lot of photos (600+) in those 20 minutes.

[dcmsox2004]

terrific capture.... lookin' forward to more .... dave m

[8540tomg]

Great shot

Churchill's the place to see polar bears in the wild. I lived in Manitoba for many years but never made the pilgimage to Churchill. I see the loss was mine.

Thanks for sharing

Tom G

[stormtech]

Fantastic shot!

You are very fortunate to be able to see action like this in the wild.

Thanks for sharing.

[snappychappy]

Very nice work, what a wonderful opportunity to see that, am very jealous.

[Frogfish]

Superb shot .. that was the one you were waiting for wasn't it

[sealonsf]

Wow. Congrats! Extremely jealous.

[mickey]

Wonderful shot. Right place, right time.
They don't appear to be too aggressive in that photo. Did they really go at it?

[Pauld]

Superb shot .. that was the one you were waiting for wasn't it

I was hoping they would spar and luckily they did for at least 20 minutes with a few breaks in between rounds. I have quite a few shots like this and some that are much more dramatic. Once I have the time to sit down and do a bit of PP I will certainly post them.

Wonderful shot. Right place, right time.
They don't appear to be too aggressive in that photo. Did they really go at it?

They really do go at it quite hard. There was fur flying a few times but the funny thing is that they didn't make a sound the whole time they were going at it.

[Heinrich Lohmann]

That is a wonderful image Paul, thanks for posting it and hope to see a few more from that trip.

[coa75]

Amazing shot from wildlife...