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.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
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Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .