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Sorry to go back to the Polar Bears but I was looking back through them and decided I particularly liked this image so thought I would share it with everybody. I also think this image has a strong message as it illustrates the vulnerability of these stunning creatures, trying to survive in such a fragile environment and adjust to a world that is fast changing around them. Lost?
The image was taken back in June from an expedition ship around 60 miles of the coast of Svalbard in the Olgastretet
Large is much better on this one
Thanks for looking
Den
| Title: | Lost? |
| Username: | 
Dennis_Bromage |
| Uploaded: | 30 Nov 2007 - 6:24 PM |
| Camera: | EOS 400D |
| Lens: | 28-200mm @ 140mm |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Tags: | Landscape / travel, Wildlife / nature |
| Votes: | 376 |
Comments
Wow thats one moving picture.
Excellent shot, and certainly gets the message accross.
Fantastic!
Great image, you are very lucky to have seen such a wonderful sight.
This image was always going to get loads of clicks. Could easily be used on an alternative energy poster to illustrate the reality of global warming. Al Gore would love it too!
Mike
Thanks everybody Ive just got back home am really touched to see that so many people agree with the message that I tried to portray with this simple shot.
And yes it was an amazing experience to see such a sight, the trip of a lifetime actually and something that has changed my life for ever.
It was early summer and the sea ice is retreating further and further north each year. In the not too distant past this would of been permanent fast ice and if something doesnt change in the not too distant future it will be almost permanently water giving these amazing creature nowhere to live (except the ever popular rubbish dump in Churchill of course!!!) Right Ill get down off my high horse now!
Off to bed now but thanks to everybody who has voted and commented, it means a lot
Wow! Dennis that really is something else. I noticed these polar bear shots on your gallery a while back and thought If I am ever going to see this part of the world it will have to be soon. This really brings the message home. Its a masterpiece and should have a EC attached to it. Regards Steve.
Stunning image and love the deep tone contrast with the ice.Beautiful.
Tom.
this is a stunning image, one that speaks a strong message, very moving
Absolutely brilliant image that also carrys a sad but extremely important message to us all.
Adam.
This is an absolutely stunning shot. The fact it also has something so important to say takes it into another league.
jean
Wow blimey what can I say, er thanks everybody. Im totally blown away by the response this has got. I knew it was good or that I liked it at least but never expected a response like this especially the editors choice.
Thanks so much
Den
super image but slightly sad to think the man is fast destroying the environment they call home.
Absolutely brilliant shot!
But sad to think about their situation. Makes me wonder what's to the right and to the left - do they have anywhere to go to when that little bit of ice melts?
This has to go in my favourite photos. Don't have to think about that very long...
Beautiful image. However I strongly think people should learn the difference between climate change and global warming. Ice melting, that's climate change not global warming. Though that's not suggested in your image title, just everyones' comments.
A real beauty. Composition wise, Awesome colours just draws a person in. And a great subject matter of the worlds largest land carnivore.
Stuart you are correct in saying that global warning and climate change are different things but the two are very closely interconnected and I find it impossible to believe that the warming we are seeing is an entirely natural phenomena especially given the overwhelming body of scientific evidence.
But the climate change is global and it is warming 
Its all been said - well done - absolutely wonderful image (especially love the little one peering into the water!)
Evidence of greenhouse gases warming the planet yes but that is where everyone decide to stop reading. Most believe that "greenhouse gases" is something we created but the truth being is that greenhouse gases have been around long before we ever invented fire. They also never read the part that the greenhouse gas responsible for 94 % of the earth warming is WATER VAPOR. Good luck controlling that one. Carbon Dioxide is a whopping 3-4 % (he write sarcastically) which we contribute 0.01 -0.03 % to that pile. And even if CO2 is doubled the earths atmosphere warms by 1\3 a degree.
Now don't get me wrong I am not against people taking global warming to heart but my concern is that people are spending too much time on something actually quite uncontrollable where they should be spending more time proper environmental issues like over-fishing (big one) and water pollution. Living in Africa I see the effects Water pollution has on people and the environment. Humans should stop using disposable diapers long before they worry about how much fuel their car burns. That's the inconvenient truth.
Also people should maybe do their OWN research before biting down on Al Gores propaganda. He is a business man after all and made allot of money from that movie. That was first prize for him.
I dont want to get into an argument about this and will not post any further comments but I have done my own reading on the subject and have not seen the Al Gore film. There is a lot of conflicting argument on the subject and people on both sides have put forward very emotive and powerful arguments, ultimately you can make the evidence read however you want but one thing that nobody can argue with is that the earths atmosphere is warming at an unprecedented rate that has never been seen before in the history of the planet. I am a climber and snowboarder and have experienced this first hand. 15-20 years ago I used to be able to go to the English Lake District almost any weekend during the winter and go climbing in good snow and ice, last year I didnt manage to get a single day in the snow which is shocking. This warming is having a massive effect on environments and animals across the globe and I have experienced this personally in both the arctic and Andes as well as the UKs mountains and whatever the cause it is undeniably a catastrophe.
Stunning image with a strong message indeed.
That said, as StuartApsey just wrote above, global warming phenomenas are not new. It makes a good political agenda which is why we hear so much about it. But to blame humans activity is a step too far and is for the gullible people only. The history of the earth is made of periods of glaciations (iceage) and global warmings. These are natural cycles which humans can have no influence upon. To try to make people believe that by reducing carbon dioxide emission we will positively influence these cycle is utter nonsense.
One of my favourite wildlife photos for a while!
Thanks so much for sharing it!
Please don't ever apologise for posting pictures of polar bears or alerting people to the message this shot portrays.
Such a worthy POTW.
Penny
stunning shot. Love this to bits. well done...away to check out your others as i missed this first time around
A truly wonderful image.
Congratulations.
Geoff.
Quote: Big congrats. I was hoping you will get the POTW, and you did.
So, big big congrats!
Likewise, nothing against the other EC shots, but this is such a standout photograph and a very deserving POTW. I could easily see this holding its own with the other photographs at the wildlife photographer of the year exhibition.
Neil
Thanks so much everybody, especially the people that have looked back in a second time to offer their congratulations and obviously to Pete for selecting my shot for POTW. Its an enormous honour and I cant wait to see it printed on canvas which will be awesome. I would also like to thank everybody who has commented on my previous image because it is you that gave me the vision to take a second look at this image and reprocess it in a new slightly bolder manner which I think made all the difference. Last of all a big thanks to Paul Goldstein of Exodus who organised and ran the trip that I was on when I took this shot and who offered a huge amount of help critiquing my work throughout the trip.
Magnificent image an absolute pleasure to view quality such as this many congratulations on your awards.
Ian.
A wonderful shot. One of the most powerful and thought provoking images I have seen on the site.
Val
Congrats on a VERY well deserved EC. It tells a story and the quality is superb.
Patrick
A truly brilliant capture. One of my favourite shots on EPZ.
Tanya
A powerful image and unfortunately sums what will happen to polar bear habitat in the future.
Great shot the Bears look so inocent if we do'nt do
something climite change will kill these animals it's like someone turn out the lights.
I don't know if someone else has mentioned or if you already know. So here goes.
You need to see/should have a look at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio 17 Pg 123 or Google Photographer Arne Naevra
Image has the same theme Polar B on an iceberg.
Yours, for me is better because of the cub element.
Picture above got runner-up in the "One Earth Award"
beautiful i would be proud to have taken such a shot well done
Hi this is a lovely poignant picture it made me cry.......just got back from Iceland and was so sad to hear two tour guides tell with glee about two Polar bears who landed there last year after being carried by the Ice. The police made the decision to shoot them despite a vet being within 15 minutes with a tranquiliser gun. They landed hungry and scared and they were shoot. How civilised are we. Lets hope these floated somewhere else
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