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.
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
