![]() He’d then display the same behaviour towards the puppies that the adults did to him. Every other adult picked on him, but when the pack went hunting Scruffy was the dominant individual. Scruffy was very put-upon by the rest of the pack. On this day the rest of the pack was away hunting, and sometimes the group would be off for a day or two. The adult wolf you see at the front is one of the babysitters. Then I had the bright idea to urinate on them because I thought it would act as a territorial signpost. One day we erected stone monuments around our camp. We had to do all kinds of unusual things to keep them away. To give you an idea of how fearless this pack was, when our team would go out for the day the pack would actually break into our camp, steal food, and tear up tents and sleeping bags. Although you can’t see it in the image, our camp was right in the centre and less than a mile away from this group’s den so I lived very close to them. The group were used to my presence by then as I was often around the den.This picture, taken in my first year there, is by no means my best, but it sums up the situation I was in. Obviously she was a little unhappy about us being there, but she wasn’t especially upset. I actually went inside the den once with a BBC film crew and took some photographs. In all likelihood, that den has been use for centuries. I managed to find it one day while tracking the wolves. You can just about see the den, which is the big rock with the overhang to the right. I knew there was a pack there that had little fear of man and had never been photographed.ĭuring the sledding assignment I spent much of my off time looking for this pack of wolves. If I’m honest, the whole trip for me was a bit of a ruse – a chance to get close to the white wolves I knew lived in the area. ![]() I was in the region covering a dog-sled trip. I took the wolf photographs over three years while on assignment for National Geographic in the high Arctic, specifically on Ellesmere Island, which is the top island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. This isn’t a comment about me, but more about the importance of the period and the project it produced. I have talked before about my white wolf project (see AP 23 March), and these images are often referred to when discussing my career. Jim Brandenburg looks back at one of his most treasured memories – his time with a pack of arctic wolves Every month Jim will share the story behind one of his nature images He is the chair of this year’s competition. His work has been published in The New York Times, Life and Time, among others, and he has won numerous awards, including Kodak Wildlife Photographer of the Year by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine. Jim brandenburg For more than 30 years, Jim Brandenburg travelled the world as a photographer with National Geographic magazine. Photo Insight Bringing You Essential Expert Advice Every Week ![]() Photo Insight with Jim Brandenburg – Arctic Wolves
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