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Views of Austfonna, an ice cap located on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway, Arctic, Europe

A curious young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), swimming to the smell of a fresh bearded seal kill in SpitsBergen, Vestland, Norway

Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), hauled out on the pack-ice in between Iceland and Greenland in the Denmark Strait, Denmark

Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on ice in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus), with cub of the year in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Young male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), feeding on a fin whale carcass in Holmabukta in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata), on the wreck of the Guvernoren in the Enterprise Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Floating icebergs, Ilulissat Icefjord, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

A lone adult emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice in the Gullet between Adelaide Island and the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) on ice near Alexander Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

An adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) leaping from ice floe to ice floe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Iceberg detail in and around the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) hauled out in Port Foster, inside the caldera at Deception Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) in snowstorm at Brown Bluff on the Antarctic Peninsula in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adult snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea nivea) near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

A frosty morning in Easedale near Grasmere in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wansfell on the side of Kirkstone Pass with snow and spindrift being blown across the hill side, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A frosty morning in the Langdale Valley in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A field in Troutbeck with snow and spindrift being blown across the hill side, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

When warm moist air comes in contact with cold glass it condenses and freezes into crystals that become wonderful works of art. Only extreme, frigid, cold weather produces the filigree of patterns and fanciful shapes.

Lizz Grenard at the Ouray Ice Festival uses ice axes and crampons as tools and a rope and harness for safety. The Ouray Ice Festival is held once a year during the Martin Luther King weekend in Ouray, Colorado in the Uncompahgre Gorge.

Steve Giddings makes his way up a frozen waterfall at the Ouray Ice Festival in Ouray, Colorado. Ice climbers require ice axes, crampons, rope and harness as well as a great deal of balance and focus. The Ouray Ice Festival is located in the Uncompahgre Gorge and is held once a year during Martin Luther King weekend.

Staying warm beside a campfire on the Delta River while watching the aurora borealis on a frigid night; Alaska, United States of America