Although polar bears may seem cuddly and cute, they are very vicious animals. Like most wildlife photographers, Gordon Buchanan wanted to get a few good pictures of some polar bears, but ran into trouble while on the job. The polar bear he was taking photographs of suddenly took interest in the photographer and approached him to get a closer look. Buchanan was inside of a structure called the Ice Cube, which is meant to keep photographers safe while they do their job and it did exactly that. When the polar bear reached the Ice Cube, she started to claw and bite at the structure in order to try to open it. After 45 minutes of trying, the polar bear, that is said to weigh around 1000 pounds, gave up and decided to leave.
Make sure to watch the video of Gordon Buchanan being approached by a polar bear below!