Polar Bear cub


  • Photographer
    Daisy Gilardini
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2016

Every year from February to March an important event takes place in Wapusk National Park in Manitoba – Canada. Polar bears who entered maternity dens in October and gave birth in November are ready to exit for the first time with their four-month-old cubs. The timing coincides with seals giving birth to their pups on the Hudson Bay pack ice, which means easy food for the polar bears. It is extremely rare to witness the exit of the bears from their dens and one has to face incredibly challenging conditions with temperatures dropping to -54 degrees Celsius and winds gusting up to 60 km/h. All the efforts are however well rewarded when you get to experience such intimacy with the most iconic animal of the Arctic kingdom.

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