American photographer Steve Winter was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year in a ceremony held at the Natural History Museum.

Steve spent 10 months tracking extremely rare snow leopards in isolated areas of northern India and Pakistan. He used 14 remote-controlled cameras in freezing conditions as low as -40 degrees Celsius before finally getting his spectacular Snowstorm leopard photo, shown here.

'There are only a few thousand of these animals left in the world,' said Steve. 'I was thrilled to have finally captured the shot I had dreamed of – a wild snow leopard in its true environment.'