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.
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .