Surreal Moment Adorable Polar Bear Appears To Wave To Photographer In Alaska

Keene was in a 22ft boat where she and a group of other people could watch and photograph the bears for up to six hours a day while dealing with temperatures as low as -4 degrees celsius. Keene, Mason, said: 'It was such a surreal moment for me as a photographer when I saw that wave movement. Though intellectually I knew it was simply the cub moving to keep his balance as he stood upright, I pressed the shutter desperately hoping that I could capture that scene in focus as our boat rocked and pulled away. That event, in the character of the setting, with the mounds of snow and the wintery-grey background, are the sort of thing for which you always hope to be in the right place.'