Adorable Pictures Show The Bond Between Newborn And Mother Polar Bear (13 Photos)

Mr Jenkins was able to take the amazing shots of the bears in Wapusk National Park's 'denning area' - where the mother polar bear goes to give birth - after being awarded a special licence, only available to the very best wildlife photographers. The Irish photographer, 42, caught the youngsters exploring their snowy worlds for the first time as their watchful mothers looked on. But if the experience wasn't special enough, Mr Jenkins even managed to capture such magical moments as seeing a mother with three surviving cubs - a very rare occurrence. Pregnant polar bears build their dens in snowdrifts along mountain slopes, hills near sea ice or in banks of snow on the frozen sea, according to Polar Bears International.