Amit Eshel. Inside the Pack.

I was on the sea ice in the frozen fjord when the Arctic wolves pack slowly and carefully came over to check me out me closely out of natural curiosity, these were magical moments in which I experienced a connection to the wild in a way I had never experienced before.

I laid down on the ice holding my camera with a wide lens and they came over for a very close look, at times they were so close they almost touched me and I could smell their breath but at the same time I didn't feel in danger or any aggression towards me for a moment, they were just curious  and did not see me as a food source.

For those of you who wonder how it is even possible?

Unlike other wolves who have to deal with human encroachment, the Arctic wolves of northern Ellesmere Island have no intrinsic distrust of humans. Their harsh and remote environment means that they have never been hunted or persecuted by men, they were never given a reason not to trust mankind as a result.