Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica), ecstatic display at breeding colony at Half Moon Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gondola lift going from Mt. Aiguille du Midi to Point Helbonner, view of Turin Cabin, Mont Blanc, Vallee Blanche, glacial crevasses, Savoy Alps, France, Europe

Mountaineer and local guide at the ascent to the summit of the Kilimanjaro via the Western Breach route, Tanzania, Africa

People hike towards Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, where they will learn ice climbing, Kennicott, Alaska, USA

Skating rink at coking plant Zollverein, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Hikers on the Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park pass a moulin, where meltwater descends into the glacier, Kennicott, Alaska, USA

Ice skating rink at the Zollverein coking plant, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany, Europe

Skating rink at coking plant Zollverein, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Ventilation pipes of the underground car park, and Cinedom cinema, modern architecture in snow and ice, Mediapark, Cologne, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Skating rink at coking plant Zollverein, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Glacier hikers on Nordenskioeldbreen Glacier with Pyramiden settlement at back, Billefjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Skating rink at coking plant Zollverein, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Akureyri during winter, Hafnarstraeti in the town center. The traffic calmed street is kept snow and ice free by a heating system powered by geothermal energy. Akureyri is Icelands second largest city, second only the Reykjavik area. europe, northern europe, iceland, March

Akureyri during winter, Hafnarstraeti in the town center. The traffic calmed street is kept snow and ice free by a heating system powered by geothermal energy. Akureyri is Icelands second largest city, second only the Reykjavik area. europe, northern europe, iceland, March

Skier in Nuuk fjord, Greenland

Skier in Nuuk fjord, Greenland

Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) on the beach of Ulva Island in New Zealand wich is "predatory free" because cleared of introduced mammals predators. The Leopard seal is fairly regular in the area and it was really amazing to observe it on a beach and not in the middle of the Antarctic ice.

The top of the iceberg emerges from the frozen sea surface, it moves up and down according to the tide and keep the water free around it. Tasiilaq, East Greenland