METRO Tuesday, October 6, 2009 D LET THE WORLD SEE THROUGH YOUR EYES sponsored by WIN A TRIP TO ANY METRO CITY WORLDWIDE! Imagine your photography being seen by millions of Metro readers worldwide! Its that time of year again. Yes, the Metro Global Photo Challenge is back! This year the themes will be: People,Places and Climate Change. For your chance to see your work in print around the globe and win one of 3 trips for two to a Metro city of your choice, simply submit your photographs by Sunday 18th October 2009. No entry fee required. Go to www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie for more details. Now let your imagination run wild! Got any arctic roll left? Polar bear gatecrashes tourists dinner on board a luxury cruise ship Bear-faced cheek: The polar bears head is neatly framed as she peaks in to see whats cooking Pictures: RexOn ice: The bear outside the ship WEVE probably all had to endure rude or difficult dinner guests at some point. But what if you were joined by an unexpected visitor who had you on the menu? Just askArctic touristAndy Rouse. The 44-year-old was sitting down to lunch on his cruise liner when a polar bear poked its head through a porthole and tried to tuck in. The animal, which had been attracted by the smell of soup waft- ing from the galley, wandered right up to the ice-bound ship. She stuck around long enough for the photographer, from Cardiff, to take these amazing pictures but didnt get anything to eat. It was a truly magical experience to be on the ice with the bears and they rewarded us with some spec- tacular sightings, said Mr Rouse. The chance encounter took place last June in the Arctic islands of Svalbard, where the bears are a fairly common site. But experts have warned the car- nivores, which weigh up to 680kg (1,500lb), could be wiped out by global warming within 100 years. By AidAn RAdnedge index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html