A view of Ardban on the Applecross peninsula and beyond the Isle of Skye, Ardban, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

View towards the Isle of Skye from Plockton Crags, Plockton, Ross Shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Ross Beach, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Panorama of wild and rugged Ross Beach, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

A view towards Holy island from Ross Sands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pleasure Yachts anchored on Loch Broom in winter, Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Ullapool Harbour and Loch Broom in winter, Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Ice chokes the waters surrounding James Ross Island and Lockyer Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Ice chokes the waters surrounding James Ross Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg, Croft Bay, James Ross Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Croft Bay, James Ross Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Overgrown church with big roots, Ross Island, Andaman Islands, India, Asia

Overgrown destroyed church on Ross Island, formerly known as the Paris of the Indian Ocean, Andaman Islands, India, Asia

Grease ice and small pancake ice. Nearby Ross Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

A steaming sea with grease ice and small pancake ice. Nearby Ross Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Grease ice and small pancake ice. Nearby Ross Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Pancake ice. Ross Sea, Antarctica.

Satellite view of Mount Erebus, the tallest volcano in Antarctica. Situated on Ross Island, just off the coast of West Antarctica, Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth. This image was taken on December 31, 2013 by Landsat 8 satellite.

Iceberg in bright sunlight with expedition cruise ship MS Hanseatic (Hapag-Lloyd Cruises) in the background, Bird Point, Ross Is

Eilean Donan Castle in the evening light, North West Highlands, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Great Britain, Europe

Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov in lake ice off Ross Island, Antarctica

Scott's Hut, interior view, bed with Scott's map table, at Cape Evans on Ross Island, Antarctica

Neist Point, Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Bow of the ice breaker Kapitan Khlebnikov in sea ice in front of Ross Island, Antarctic

Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds, interior with bed, Ross Island, Antarctica

Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds, Ross Island, Antarctica

Loch Bracadale, Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Scott's Hut, interior view, beds, at Cape Evans on Ross Island, Antarctica

Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov in lake ice off Ross Island, Antarctica

Shackleton's Hut at Cape Royds, exterior view, Ross Island, Antarctica

A fisherman rigging a line on a fishing pole as the sun flares behind him in Cocos Island, Costa Rica.

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) in a storm on the Ross Sea pack ice, Coulman Island, Antarctica,