RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing. Aurora Burns, of Girdwood, Alaska, is now more at home on a snowy mountainside than inside a sandpit. Her parents, Cody Burns, 29, and Andrea Peterson, 34, insist their daughter is destined to take off. Cody, a ski patrol night supervisor, says: “Aurora has been skiing since she was in the womb as Andrea was still keen to ski throughout her pregnancy, and we were showing her ski films as soon as she arrived.
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
