A view of the industrial and militarized Russian seaport city of Murmansk on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

Interior view of Port Lockroy, established as Station A in WWII Operation Tabarin, Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer running Zodiac operations in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research plane operating in the Gullet, near Rothera Station near the Antarctic Peninsula, Polar Regions

Exterior view of Port Lockroy, established as Station A in WWII Operation Tabarin, Goudier Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Preparing a scientific glaciology and geology mission, with the Kerguelen district chief and the head of operations at the French Polar Institute. Kerguelen Archipelago

A Lockheed C-130 Hercules on loan from the Italian Air Force for logistics operations between Christchurch;New Zealand) and the Mario Zucchelli base. Although military activities are strictly forbidden in Antarctic territory by the Treaty of Madrid, polar-operating countries frequently use the skills and equipment of their armies for polar logistics. Victoria Land, Antarctica