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The Ice Bear Cometh…

Photo: Andy Skillen/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Photo: Andy Skillen/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Photographer Andy Skillen waited in minus-22 degree-Fahrenheit (minus-30 degree-Celsius) weather at this spot at the Fishing Branch River in Yukon, Canada, only accessible by helicopter for this shot of a bear crossing a log. A female grizzly did a chilly tightrope walk, her fur covered in icicles from fishing in the river.

“You could hear them tinkle as she walked past,” Skillen said.