--- title: Polar Bear Cub at Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia description: Gerda the polar bear with her cub at Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia canonical: https://time.com/39106/girls-day-out-polar-bears-do-some-adorable-mother-daughter-bonding/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-27T12:00:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:45.386Z og:title: These Photos of a Polar Bear Mom Playing With Her Cub Will Brighten Your Day og:description: About as obscenely cute as you would expect og:url: https://time.com/39106/girls-day-out-polar-bears-do-some-adorable-mother-daughter-bonding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Photos of a Polar Bear Mom Playing With Her Cub Will Brighten Your Day twitter:description: About as obscenely cute as you would expect twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Girls' Day Out: Polar Bears Do Some Adorable Mother-Daughter Bonding  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 27, 2014 12:00 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 27, 2014 12:00 PM UTC At the zoo in the Siberian city Novosibirsk, a polar bear named Gerda plays with her cub, which was born in December. We can bearly contain our squees.  Polar bear Gerda plays with her cub in the Zoo in Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometers (1,750 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. Ilnar Salakhiev—AP  Polar bear cub plays with Polar bear mother Gerda in the Zoo in Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometers (1,750 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. Ilnar Salakhiev—AP  Polar bear Gerda plays with her cub in Zoo in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometers (1,750 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. Ilnar Salakhiev—AP  Polar bear Gerda plays with her cub at the den in the Zoo in Novosibirsk, about 2,800 kilometers (1,750 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. Ilnar Salakhiev—AP  Polar bear Gerda with her cub emerges from the den in Zoo in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. Ilnar Salakhiev—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/39106/girls-day-out-polar-bears-do-some-adorable-mother-daughter-bonding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/39106/girls-day-out-polar-bears-do-some-adorable-mother-daughter-bonding/"},"headline":"Girls' Day Out: Polar Bears Do Some Adorable Mother-Daughter Bonding","datePublished":"2014-03-27T12:00:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:45.386Z","description":"About as obscenely cute as you would expect","url":"https://time.com/39106/girls-day-out-polar-bears-do-some-adorable-mother-daughter-bonding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/39106/girls-day-out-polar-bears-do-some-adorable-mother-daughter-bonding/","name":"Girls' Day Out: Polar Bears Do Some Adorable Mother-Daughter Bonding"}}]}] ```