Polar Bear
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Polar Bear by Mac McCarron as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Mac McCarron Taken: 6 Apr 2009
This is probably the closest any polar bear (the yacht at the end of the quay) will get to North Shields.