Eight days of patience in the bitter cold rewarded photographer waiting for a peek at polar bear cub and it's momma

Peek-a-boo: Beautiful moment polar bear and her cub poke their heads out of their den after 8 days

• Wildlife photographer Christine Haines captured the images after she spent eight days watching the den

• Patience in the cold was rewarded as cub then mother peeked heads out of the hole in the Wapusk National Park

• She said cub poked its head out of den for the first time on day seven, while they finally left the den three days later

By James Rush

Published: 09:58 EST, 4 April 2014 | Updated: 12:05 EST, 4 April 2014

Emerging from its den with its mother, a polar bear cub raises its head above the snow and looks out at the freezing world it calls home.
Wildlife photographer Christine Haines captured the images after she spent eight days watching the den.
Her patience in the biting cold of the Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada, was rewarded when she managed to capture pictures of first a cub, then its mother peeking out of their hole.

Above the snow: A polar bear mother lifts her head above the snow after caring for her cub in their den

Sniffing for danger: The cub's mother also poked her head out of the den before sniffing the air to check for any danger, such as wolves

Peek-a-boo! A polar bear cub pokes its head out of its den after a photographer spent eight days waiting at the Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada

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