This is a real photograph

I'd piss myself.

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For his amazing photograph of a polar bear submerged in water, Seattle-based photographer Paul Souders recently took home the prize in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition’s “Animals in Their Environment” category. We were happy to learn that the wildlife photographer had many more breathtaking images of the large, gorgeous animals swimming in their natural habitat.

Polar bears swimming in Hudson Bay (near Manitoba) are frequently photographed from a distance, but Souders is able to get up close and capture the animals from rarely seen angles. He acknowledges that his collection of pictures was difficult to capture. It was a strenuous task to try to find a polar bear in the expanse of white glaciers after carrying nearly 500 lbs. of equipment and working 12 to 14 hours a day.

It was laborious work, Souders says, spending hours staring at the ice in search of that white on white shape. It turns out that finding polar bears on the ice is extremely difficult, at least without a helicopter and a large sum of cash.

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and a death wish. People are definitely on the polar bear menu. You know that thing desperately wanted to eat him the whole time.

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