Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice. These adorable photographs were taken by Canadian photographer Dennis Minty, 67, when he was working as a polar bear guide on the west side of Hudson Bay, Canada. “This is where bears gather through October and November, in anticipation of the freeze-up of the Bay,” says Dennis, of Newfoundland and Labrador.
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
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HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A mum who weighed just 8st 1lb at eight months pregnant has battled her eating disorder to give birth to a healthy baby girl .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
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WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .