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.
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
