COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice. The ice emits a blue glow as the climbers make their way down and move through the glacier. The stunning photographs were captured by American glacier trekking guide Jared Carlson on a trip to the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. The 36-year-old was joined by climbing friend Jason Nelson, 37, as the pair explored the moulin, which is a circular, vertical well-like shaft within a glacier.
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
