Frosty Welcome

Wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes captured these stunning shots of a seemingly friendly polar bear family

His pictures show a cub appearing to stand on its hind legs and wave at the camera. They were shot at Svalbard in northern Norway on one of the first expeditions after lockdown to the region this year. “All of a sudden, only a few meters away from our expedition vessel one of the cubs got up on its hind legs and waved at us, almost like it was welcoming us back to their frozen home,”…