Novosibirsk

3.3.2021 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko The International Polar Bear Day was celebrated with lots of surprises for the polar bears – both eatable gifts and toys. Of course, there were yammy ice bombs and […]

14.2.2021 – Photos by Anna Novikova and Oksana Kalinina The 14th of February is the Valentine’s Day and the loving couples are supposed to be extra sweet to each other. However, Gerda and Kai must […]

7.2.2021 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko When Gerda comes out of the den it looks like she’s still waiting for Nordi and Shauna to follow her. However, she soon realizes that the kids have left. […]

26.1.2021 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko My Russian friends have told me that Shauna and Nordi are now separated from their mother Gerda. As far as I know the twins are still in Novosibirsk but […]

7.1.2021 – Photos by Anna Novikova and Oksana Kalinina Before the year 2020 came to an end the keepers in the Novosibirsk Zoo assisted Father Frost when he came to visit Gerda, Kai, Shauna and […]

19.1.2021 – Photos by Anna Novikova The polar bear family in Novosibirsk has a most welcome visitor – Jack Frost who came with lots of snow and an extremely cold weather. Well, that’s exactly the […]

23.12.2020 – Photos by Anna Novikova, Arkadi Laptenko and Oksana Kalinina Even people who don’t like Winter so much are always hoping for a white Christmas. We can’t always get what we want but Gerda, […]

17.12.2020 – Photos by Arkadij Laptenko After the morning rolling in the snow Gerda is making sure the kids are presentable for the visitors. Now it’s time to make plans for the day’s activities. What […]

11.12.2020 – Photos by Anna Novikova and Arkadij Laptenko The 11th of December 2018 was a very happy day in the Novosibirsk Zoo. Gerda and Kai became parents to two sweet cubs. They were given […]

19.11.2020 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko Oh bear, it’s been snowing again during the night! How wonderfully white it is! Let’s just sit here and admire Mother Nature’s gift to us. OK, we can’t sit […]