1 . Not long ago, I was the guide on a wildlife-photography trip to Svalbard near the North Pole. After two days of _______, we arrived there and _______ several seals resting on the ice. I _______ my camera and a motion sensor near the edge of a hole to get a(n) _______ of a seal.

The next morning, I was woken up because a polar bear was _______ closer. At first the bear walked toward our boat. Then it made a(n) _______ turn and headed directly for my camera. The motion sensor reacted to the bear’s _______, making the camera start taking pictures. The bear circled the _______, gently sniffing it. Unexpectedly the camera _______ into the hole and disappeared beneath the deep ice.

That was the ________ moment in my photography career. I was so ________ with myself. A year later I obtained ________ to bring a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to find the camera. There was a lot more ice than the ________ trip. As I knew well, polar bears could be nearby. We decided to ________ it. The ice was so thin, and soon we ________ technical difficulties and had to pull the ROV out of the water twice. ________ on the third try the ROV found the camera. We shouted and ________ around on the ice.

I was overjoyed to see all my ________. I saw the polar bear breathing and sniffing the camera. ________ that camera is the most satisfying ________ of my career with the lovely animal and its habitat presented.