“I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other. ” —Rainer Maria Rilke
A polar bear paces a piece of floating sea ice. Carrying the carcass of a hooded seal in his jaws, he stains the snow with crimson in his wake. Around him—around us—there is nothing for nautical miles but ocean and ice. At 82 degrees latitude, we are adrift in the Arctic Circle north of Svalbard. To stumble upon a lone polar…
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