SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other. The lumbering pair's sibling rivalry heats up the frosty winter setting in snow swept Alaska. American photographer and tour guide, Matthew Studebaker, 30, managed to capture these extraordinary shots in 25 miles per hour wind on Barrier Islands, Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. No strangers to the freezing weather, the playful polar bears sparred in temperatures of minus six degrees. "These siblings were teasing each other and sparring during a snowstorm," explains Matthew of Richfield, Ohio.
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Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .
A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .