A photographer spent 117 hours in the dangerous cold to get these amazing photos [Incredible photos inside]

Every year, between the middle of February and the middle of March, polar bears come out of their caves with their 4-month-old cubs. This is a big event in Canada’s Wapusk National Park.

Daisy Gilardini, a wildlife photographer, decided to look for pictures of the Cubs when they took their first steps last year. When Daisy spent 13 days in the park and 117 hours waiting in front of the cave, the temperature was about 122°F (-50°C). Even just thinking about it makes me shiver.

Gilardini’s photo from Wapusk National Park in Manitoba has been praised all over the world. “It’s hard to get a good picture of these polar bears when it’s cold outside. “When it gets to those temperatures, your camera will freeze, your batteries will die, and even if it still works, you won’t be able to check the settings because tiny crystals will form all over it,” she said.

“However, I realized I had something exceptional as soon as I shot this picture. Everyone may identify with the mother’s calm attitude and sense of tenderness.” Gilardini says that taking pictures of polar bears in Canada is a great honor.

She said that what matters most to her is the power of a good picture to give a voice to animals who can’t speak up and bring attention to habitat loss and climate change.

“I am definitely honored by the acknowledgment, but what is most important to me is this great opportunity,” she said.  To get people to do something, we have to appeal to their hearts and emotions.

She took pictures of bears and penguins, too. 

Gilardini had a lot of teddy bears and other stuffed animals when he was a child.

She said, “I was raised in Switzerland at a time when there were no bears to be discovered, yet I never wondered why I loved the bears so much. “People constantly ask me if I’m terrified of bears since I spend so much time photographing them, but in reality, they calm me down.” She replied she had never had a terrible experience with one.

Gilardini started taking pictures of the spirit bears in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia five years after she moved there. She also said, “This complicated ecosystem where everything is connected fascinates me to no end, and I feel very lucky to be one of the few people who have been able to observe and photograph it.”

She laughed as she said that this sleeping bear’s name was Mushroom because it liked to get “high on mushrooms.”

“So, we got very close. At that distance, I could even hear his breath. Even though the bear didn’t care, he sometimes came our way.” The federal government recently said no to the Northern Gateway pipeline, but that wasn’t the case when Gilardini took this picture.

“As environmental photographers, it is our job to capture the beauty of places and animals that are in danger and to raise awareness through the powerful images we create.” If you like taking pictures, you can visit her website to see more of her animal pictures.