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. The residents of the small island, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania, wade into danger when they travel an hour out to sea and into rough waves - in tiny man-made boats. Photographer Mario Gerth spent two weeks with the fishermen of four different villages, named Padje, Nungwi, StoneTown, and Matemwe. The 38-year-old, of Erfurt, Germany, witnessed the daily hardship the locals endure to provide for their families by catching catfish, shark and tuna.
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
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A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .