The World of Polar Bears

£29.99

This stunning book brings together images of these iconic animals in their arctic habitat from throughout the year. German photographer Rosing followed the bears, the world’s largest terrestrial carnivores, across the four seasons in and around Hudson Bay - a stark and vibrant place of extreme beauty and severe conditions.

Lively and informative text accompanies the pictures, together with personal anecdotes. The season by season account includes pictures of cubs taking their first tentative steps outside the snow cave, bears stranded on shore as the ice melts in summer, playing and criss-crossing the sea ice. They are fierce predators, loving parents and natural jesters.

Alongside the polar bears, Rosing provides photographs of their neighbours - the seals, walruses and muskoxen they share the harsh environment with - and the strange phenomena that is the northern lights.

In all there are 175 colour images and four spectacular fold-out photographs creating an engaging and informative collection to treasure at a time when these creatures face an increasingly serious threat from global warming.