567a Hokkaido; Arctic Solitaire; Bloomsday in Dublin
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.5 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Get tips from an American-Japanese author for experiencing the rugged allure of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Then hear from a nature photographer what it's like to spend a summer boating up Hudson Bay in search of polar bears. And learn all about how Dubliners celebrate Bloomsday — good fun even if you still haven't finished Ulysses.
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| 0:00.0 | Paul Souters took his small boat to spend the summer sailing up the coast of Hudson Bay. |
| 0:06.5 | He wanted to photograph polar bears in the wild in the Canadian Arctic, but there were |
| 0:10.4 | a few surprises he hadn't banked on. |
| 0:13.1 | It took a lot of looking. |
| 0:14.1 | I mean, finding a white bear on an endless sea of white ice took a lot of patience and |
| 0:18.7 | determination an hour after hour. |
| 0:20.8 | For a more relaxing adventure, the countryside of Japan's island of Hokkaido is ideal for a bicycle |
| 0:25.9 | tour. |
| 0:26.9 | We were enjoying the beautiful scenery as we cycle over rolling hills, they're covered |
| 0:31.9 | with fields of flowers or crops, almost looks like patchwork quilt. |
| 0:38.0 | And if you're ever in Dublin on June 16th, look for Sweeney's Pharmacy. |
| 0:42.4 | That's where they hold special readings of Ulysses for Bloom's Day. |
| 0:45.7 | It's a little jammed up, but it only holds about 20 people if they're all seated in there, |
| 0:49.7 | but we sit people in there and we read James Joyce out aloud. |
| 0:54.0 | Come along for all sorts of adventures in the hour ahead. |
| 0:56.5 | It's travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:00.9 | Paul Souders really wanted to take some great photographs of polar bears in the wild, but |
| 1:05.6 | away from the distractions of other photographers and tourists. |
| 1:08.8 | That's what he wanted, but it meant he'd be away from where he could get help if he needed |
| 1:12.7 | it. |
| 1:13.7 | In just a bit, Paul shares what he encountered in the waters of Hudson Bay, where he captured |
| 1:18.3 | a few brave images of the creature at the top of the food chain. |
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