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Icebreaking otters:
When we got closer the the big rock on the shore, we could see two otters...	...then three - they were very active, in and out of the sea all the time...	...The word "lithe" could have been invented for these two in the shadows...	...there was some playing going on, plus some munching...
...alert to the east...	...and to the west, before disappearing: swimming under the ice must have been a pretty unusual experience for them	The moment of emergence! Apologies for the blur - perhaps though the otter was feeling a bit dazed - probably it took a fair whack to break through the ice from below...	It seemed to be checking out where it had just come from
...but a few yards out, not sure what to make of this? Water on top of ice, in the sea?	...regaining composure	...looking towards the sun...	...and ever vigilant

(Text and photos by Daniel and Clare Gordon. March 2013).

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