Social Housing in Nowhere

A polar bear rests on steps at an abandoned research station on Kolyuchin Island, Russia. Photo: Vadim Makhorov/AP.

A Bed of Fireweed

Polar bear amid fireweed blooms. Photo: Christopher Paetkau.

Sleeping in Eden

A polar bear sleeps on an iceberg off Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. Photo: Nima Sarikhani/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA.

I hate people who kill animals

Victor the polar bear enjoys the snow at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP) in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA.

King Kong

Svalbard, Norway: A polar bear crouches down on the ice in the Svalbard islands in the Arctic ocean, halfway between Norway and the north pole. Photo: Andy Rouse/Barcroft Images.

有话好好说 (Keep Cool)

大阪市 (Ōsaka), Japan: Two-year-old female polar bear Icchan hugs an ice cube containing apples to cool herself down on a hot day at 天王寺動物園 (Tennōji Zoo). Photo: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images.