This beautiful and funny series of photos were captured by photographer Daisy Gilardini/Caters News in Wapusk National Park near Churchill, Manitoba. The park is one of the world’s most popular denning areas for polar bear sows and cubs. Gilardini waited 117 hours (nearly two weeks) in front of a polar bear den to get these images. That’s patience. But well worth the cold and windy wait!

PIC FROM DAISY GILARDINI/CATERS NEWS (Pictured: Polar bear cub hitching a ride on mamas bum at Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada) -This is the cute moment a cute cub decided to hitch a lift on its mums bear bum. The four-month-old cheeky baby bear must have had some tired paws as it opted for a beary-back-ride instead of walking during what was one of its first trips out of the den. Polar bear cubs and their mum usually spend the first three months of their lives in a den. The two had only just come out into the wild and were presumably foraging for food to hunt. It is extremely difficult and rare to witness the bears exit from the den and incredibly, these photographs were the result of 117 HOURS OF WAITING. Professional wildlife and nature photographer Daisy Gilardini, spent nearly two weeks waiting in front of a polar bear den with winds gusting to 60-70 km/h. SEE CATERS COPY

PIC FROM DAISY GILARDINI/CATERS NEWS (Pictured: Polar bear cub hitching a ride on mamas bum at Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada) -This is the cute moment a cute cub decided to hitch a lift on its mums bear bum. The four-month-old cheeky baby bear must have had some tired paws as it opted for a beary-back-ride instead of walking during what was one of its first trips out of the den. Polar bear cubs and their mum usually spend the first three months of their lives in a den. The two had only just come out into the wild and were presumably foraging for food to hunt. It is extremely difficult and rare to witness the bears exit from the den and incredibly, these photographs were the result of 117 HOURS OF WAITING. Professional wildlife and nature photographer Daisy Gilardini, spent nearly two weeks waiting in front of a polar bear den with winds gusting to 60-70 km/h. SEE CATERS COPY

PIC FROM DAISY GILARDINI/CATERS NEWS (Pictured: Polar bear cub hitching a ride on mamas bum at Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada) -This is the cute moment a cute cub decided to hitch a lift on its mums bear bum. The four-month-old cheeky baby bear must have had some tired paws as it opted for a beary-back-ride instead of walking during what was one of its first trips out of the den. Polar bear cubs and their mum usually spend the first three months of their lives in a den. The two had only just come out into the wild and were presumably foraging for food to hunt. It is extremely difficult and rare to witness the bears exit from the den and incredibly, these photographs were the result of 117 HOURS OF WAITING. Professional wildlife and nature photographer Daisy Gilardini, spent nearly two weeks waiting in front of a polar bear den with winds gusting to 60-70 km/h. SEE CATERS COPY

PIC FROM DAISY GILARDINI/CATERS NEWS (Pictured: Polar bear cub hitching a ride on mamas bum at Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada) -This is the cute moment a cute cub decided to hitch a lift on its mums bear bum. The four-month-old cheeky baby bear must have had some tired paws as it opted for a beary-back-ride instead of walking during what was one of its first trips out of the den. Polar bear cubs and their mum usually spend the first three months of their lives in a den. The two had only just come out into the wild and were presumably foraging for food to hunt. It is extremely difficult and rare to witness the bears exit from the den and incredibly, these photographs were the result of 117 HOURS OF WAITING. Professional wildlife and nature photographer Daisy Gilardini, spent nearly two weeks waiting in front of a polar bear den with winds gusting to 60-70 km/h. SEE CATERS COPY

PIC FROM DAISY GILARDINI/CATERS NEWS (Pictured: Polar bear cub hitching a ride on mamas bum at Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada) -This is the cute moment a cute cub decided to hitch a lift on its mums bear bum. The four-month-old cheeky baby bear must have had some tired paws as it opted for a beary-back-ride instead of walking during what was one of its first trips out of the den. Polar bear cubs and their mum usually spend the first three months of their lives in a den. The two had only just come out into the wild and were presumably foraging for food to hunt. It is extremely difficult and rare to witness the bears exit from the den and incredibly, these photographs were the result of 117 HOURS OF WAITING. Professional wildlife and nature photographer Daisy Gilardini, spent nearly two weeks waiting in front of a polar bear den with winds gusting to 60-70 km/h. SEE CATERS COPY

PIC FROM DAISY GILARDINI/CATERS NEWS (Pictured: Polar bear cub hitching a ride on mamas bum at Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada) -This is the cute moment a cute cub decided to hitch a lift on its mums bear bum. The four-month-old cheeky baby bear must have had some tired paws as it opted for a beary-back-ride instead of walking during what was one of its first trips out of the den. Polar bear cubs and their mum usually spend the first three months of their lives in a den. The two had only just come out into the wild and were presumably foraging for food to hunt. It is extremely difficult and rare to witness the bears exit from the den and incredibly, these photographs were the result of 117 HOURS OF WAITING. Professional wildlife and nature photographer Daisy Gilardini, spent nearly two weeks waiting in front of a polar bear den with winds gusting to 60-70 km/h. SEE CATERS COPY

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