“Polar Frame”
While on a boat trip near the small island of Kolyuchin in the Russian High Artic, photographer Dmitry Kokh was surprised to see movement in one of the houses left behind when humans abandoned the island in the early 1990s. His binoculars then confirmed the presence of a polar bear population that were exploring the town, twenty in total.
One of the highly commended selections for the “Animal Portraits” category, Kokh recorded his chance sighting with the help of a low-noise drone.
