26 Februari 2014
21 Februari 2014
Swimming through ICE
Ever wondered what it would be like
to be frozen inside a giant ice cube? A team of intrepid divers decided
to find out and took these extraordinary pictures of their adventure.
Andrey Nekrasov, 42, joined an adventurous group who spent an hour below the frozen surface of Russia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest lake, in temperatures of -20 degrees Centigrade.
These photos, taken at up to 50ft deep under the crust of ice, show the incredible underwater world which few people have been able to witness.
The lake lake is the largest in the world, it has five-times the volume of all five Great Lakes of North America.
Despite surface temperatures of minus 20
degrees Centigrade at this time of year, the 12,200 square mile
Siberian UN Heritage Site of Lake Bailkal is a wildlife haven - home to
1,700 species of plants and animals.
Andrey travelled over 3,000 miles by plane from his home in Odessa in the Ukraine to the town of Ulan Ude in Siberia. He then journeyed the final eight miles across frozen tundra to reach the lake.
Andrey Nekrasov, 42, joined an adventurous group who spent an hour below the frozen surface of Russia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest lake, in temperatures of -20 degrees Centigrade.
These photos, taken at up to 50ft deep under the crust of ice, show the incredible underwater world which few people have been able to witness.

A diver stands on the ice at Lake Baikal, the world's largest lake

The adventurous group of ice-divers as they penetrate the ice and spent an hour 50-feet deep under the crust of ice

Photographer Andrey Nekrasov, 42, took the plunge and dived into the 2,500ft deep frozen lake to take these incredible images

The divers prepare to enter Lake Baikal. Andrey
travelled more than 3,000 miles by plane from his home in Odessa in the
Ukraine to Siberia

Despite surface temperatures of minus 20-degrees Centigrade at this time of year the divers spent around an hour in the water

In spite of the freezing temperatures, Lake Bailkal is a wildlife haven and home to 1,700 species of plants and wildlife

A diver chills out on the Siberian ice at Lake Baikal


A member of the support team keeps an eye on the divers (left) while one explores a tunnel in the ice (right)
The lake lake is the largest in the world, it has five-times the volume of all five Great Lakes of North America.
Andrey travelled over 3,000 miles by plane from his home in Odessa in the Ukraine to the town of Ulan Ude in Siberia. He then journeyed the final eight miles across frozen tundra to reach the lake.


Photographer Andrey Nekrasov is watched by two female divers who stare through the ice as he explores life below the ice

A diver moments after jumping into the -20 degree waters of Lake Baikal
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18 Februari 2014
Stunning photographs
These
beautiful photographs of birds and beasts show a wonderful spectrum of
British wildlife - including stoats, snakes, owls and otters. The images
were finalists in the British Wildlife Centre's third Native and
Natural photo contest. It attracted more than 500 entries, all snapped
at the centre in Lingfield, Surrey - home to 40 different native
species.












Beautiful: A cute close-up of a water vole,
taken by George Wheelhouse from Bedfordshire, was the winner of the
third contest, run by the British Wildlife Centre

Happy days: This beautiful photograph of a
'smiling' otter was cleverly captured by Wendy Salisbury and entered
into the third Native and Natural photo contest


Staring: Jamie Holme, 14, of East Grinstead,
West Sussex, snapped a wildcat (left), while an adder on a gorse bush
(right) was spotted by Ian Rentoul, of Guildford, Surrey

Peeking: A red fox hiding behind a tree by Mike
Crowle, from Cornwall, which was captured on camera at the centre in
Lingfield, Surrey - as were all the images

All white: A serene snowy owl photographed at
the centre - which is home to more than 40 different native species - by
Ray Kilham, of Luton, Bedfordshire


Like a lion: A weasel (left), which looks as
though it is roaring, in a photograph taken by Gary Stamp, of Dover,
Kent, and a field mouse (right), taken by Mark Rutley

Looking out: This pine marten was spotted by
Wendy Salisbury, in what was her second image in the competition, which
attracted more than 500 entries

Surveying the scene: This photograph taken by
Rob Cain shows a stoat peering over a log. The centre says it is
'well-loved by photography enthusiasts'

Ready to pounce: A photograph by Isabel
Standbridge for the British Wildlife Centre's competition shows an tawny
owl checking out a mouse on the ground below
Stunning photographs
These
beautiful photographs of birds and beasts show a wonderful spectrum of
British wildlife - including stoats, snakes, owls and otters. The images
were finalists in the British Wildlife Centre's third Native and
Natural photo contest. It attracted more than 500 entries, all snapped
at the centre in Lingfield, Surrey - home to 40 different native
species.












Beautiful: A cute close-up of a water vole,
taken by George Wheelhouse from Bedfordshire, was the winner of the
third contest, run by the British Wildlife Centre

Happy days: This beautiful photograph of a
'smiling' otter was cleverly captured by Wendy Salisbury and entered
into the third Native and Natural photo contest


Staring: Jamie Holme, 14, of East Grinstead,
West Sussex, snapped a wildcat (left), while an adder on a gorse bush
(right) was spotted by Ian Rentoul, of Guildford, Surrey

Peeking: A red fox hiding behind a tree by Mike
Crowle, from Cornwall, which was captured on camera at the centre in
Lingfield, Surrey - as were all the images

All white: A serene snowy owl photographed at
the centre - which is home to more than 40 different native species - by
Ray Kilham, of Luton, Bedfordshire


Like a lion: A weasel (left), which looks as
though it is roaring, in a photograph taken by Gary Stamp, of Dover,
Kent, and a field mouse (right), taken by Mark Rutley

Looking out: This pine marten was spotted by
Wendy Salisbury, in what was her second image in the competition, which
attracted more than 500 entries

Surveying the scene: This photograph taken by
Rob Cain shows a stoat peering over a log. The centre says it is
'well-loved by photography enthusiasts'

Ready to pounce: A photograph by Isabel
Standbridge for the British Wildlife Centre's competition shows an tawny
owl checking out a mouse on the ground below
12 Februari 2014
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