Novosibirsk

5.12.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko The polar bears in the Novosibirsk Zoo have been able to enjoy snow for some weeks now. This time you meet Belka, Strelka and papa Kai. Gerda was Indoors […]

30.11.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko and Sergej Iltjakov The Winters nowadays are not what they used to be but in Novobirsk the ground is white and the temperatures are polar bear like. Belka and […]

14.10.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko and Sergej Iltjakov Last week the first snow flakes of this season were dancing in the air before landing on the ground. Belka and Strelka were a bit surprised […]

26.9.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko and Sergej Iltyakov First I want to express my condolences to the Novosibirks Zoo because of the awful fire where five animals died. I hope the keepers and the […]

4.9.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko and Sergej Iltjakov The Summer has been very hot in Novosibirsk so Belka and Strelka are quite happy now that the temperatures are more BEARable. No doubt the visitors […]

29.8.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko Polar bears love the yammy fish so the keepers in the Novosibirsk Zoo arranged a fish party for Gerda, Kai, Belka and Strelka. The twin girls were ready to […]

19.4.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko The weather in Novosibirsk has switched between really warm days and some cold days when it was even snowing a little. The polar bear enclosures the snow has melted […]

3.2.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko and Sergej Iltjakov Sometimes a little polar bear wants to sleep a little longer …. … but when she remembers there’s snow on the ground … … she doesn’t […]

16.1.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko and Sergej Iltjakov The polar bear sisters Belka and Strelka are almost always on the run so it’s not so easy to catch them together in a photo. However, […]

13.1.2025 – Photos by Arkadi Laptenko and Sergej Iltjakov The polar bear sisters Belka and Strelka have learned how to play with their toys even when the enclosure is covered with snow. Snow gives the […]