8일(현지시간) 독일 하노버의 동물원에서 물고기를 입에 물기 직전의 북극곰이 촬영됐다. 지난 2주간 유럽에서 폭설을 동반한 한파가 계속되면서 지금까지 모두 450명이 목숨을 잃었다. 기상예측관들은 앞으로 더 강한 추위가 몰려올 것이라면서 한파가 이달 중반까지 이어질 것으로 전망했다. [하노버=AFP연합뉴스]

<YONHAP PHOTO-0363> A polar bear is fed with fish at the zoo in Hanover,?northern Germany, on?February 8, 2012.Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where last two week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the next time. AFP PHOTO / JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE GERMANY OUT../2012-02-09 04:05:02/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2012 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>\r\n<YONHAP PHOTO-0363> A polar bear is fed with fish at the zoo in Hanover,?northern Germany, on?February 8, 2012.Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where last two week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the next time. AFP PHOTO / JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE GERMANY OUT../2012-02-09 04:05:02/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2012 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>
A polar bear is fed with fish at the zoo in Hanover,?northern Germany, on?February 8, 2012.Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where last two week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the next time. AFP PHOTO / JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE GERMANY OUT../2012-02-09 04:05:02/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2012 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>\r\n A polar bear is fed with fish at the zoo in Hanover,?northern Germany, on?February 8, 2012.Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where last two week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the next time. AFP PHOTO / JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE GERMANY OUT../2012-02-09 04:05:02/ <저작권자 ⓒ 1980-2012 ㈜연합뉴스. 무단 전재 재배포 금지.>