STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow. With his chin resting on his paws, the furry giant looks like he has a lot to think about in Wapusk National Park, located in northern Manitoba, Canada. These photographs were taken by 39-year-old professional photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza, while on a seven day trip to the park. At times Alberto, of Parma, Italy, was just three metres away from the polar bears.
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
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 .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .