Smile Saturday

 

Now doesn’t this adorable picture  just make you smile? It is from a series of pictures taken on the coast of Alaska, by US environmentalist Steven Kazlowski.

The mother bear spends about three weeks with the cub in the area of her snow hole, allowing it to acclimatise, before leading it out on to the sea ice to learn the art of seal hunting. The cub pictured above was probably born early January and spent its first weeks huddled up to mum safely inside the den. This being its first introduction to the  cold outside world,  a reassuring cuddle is just what was needed.