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Headline: Wildlife Photographer Paul Goldstein: Highlights of 2018

Caption: Wildlife photographer and guide Paul Goldstein has had a busy 2018. This gallery of highlights of his photography include an Arctic fox sticking out its tongue in Spitsbergen, a polar bear and cub at the top of an iceberg cliff, and a snoozing silverback gorilla in Uganda. Wimbledon-based Paul, who guides for Exodus Travels (www.exodus.co.uk), explains: "Guiding photographers and wildlife fans is almost always a joy even though the animals seldom oblige. However, if this job was easy it would not produce the narcotic-like thrill. "There is no such thing as a perfect photograph, sometimes I get close but it can always be bettered, but this is why it is so intoxicating. Also the people I guide spend a lot of money, often in poorer parts of the world, so the moments and images being elusive has a financial implication too as they keep coming back for more and many benefit from the tourist coin. "Polar bears, penguins, cats of all descriptions and even starlings all make up this pictorial lexicon and Paul adds: "People often ask where do you want to go now? It is a simple answer, I have found the necessary Edens in the Arctic, Antarctic and particularly the Mara Conservancies, but I am still miles from that perfect photograph." Paul guides for Exodus Travels (www.exodus.co.uk) and co-owns Kicheche Camps in Kenya (www.kicheche.com) *Please include hyperlinks*

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PersonInImage: Arctic fox in Baffin Island