Climber on an ice wall, Chukhung Valley, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, Sagarmatha National Park, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Ice climbing on Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Ice climbing on Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Ice climber at Mer de Glace glacier, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Ice climbing on Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Ice climbing on Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Ice climbing in Maligne Canyon Alberta, Canada, North America

Ice climber at Mer de Glace glacier, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Ice climber at Mer de Glace glacier, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Ice climber at Mer de Glace glacier, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Ice climbing in Maligne Canyon, Alberta, Canada

An ice climber makes his way up a frozen waterfall near Cogne, above the Aosta Valley, northern Italy, Europe

Aclimber in a crevasse field on Mer de Glace glacier, Mont Blanc range, Chamonix, French Alps, France, Europe

Climber ice climbing on glacier near Plaza de Mulas basecamp, Aconcagua Provincial Park, Andes mountains, Argentina, South America

Hiker on snow covered Pen y Fan mountain, Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Caucasian hiker on mountaintop, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Ice axe in glacial ice, glacier, detail, Viedma Glacier, El Chalten, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Ice pick with rope team on glacier, Chur, Canton Grisons, Switzerland, Europe

reinflating tyres of a customised 4x4 pick up truck close to Laugar in north Iceland

Man stopping and taking a picture from a customised Icelandic 4x4 pick up truck on the Breidamerkurjokull glacier, which is a part of the Vatnajokull glacier

A woman ice climbs on Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park with Mt. Blackburn in the background; Alaska, United States of America