Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), Paradise Bay, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Snowcovered winterlandscape in Upper Bavaria, Germany

Red wooden house and view at snowcovered mountains near Klocka at the Annsjoen, Jaemtland, northern Sweden

Winterly snowcovered landscape in the Kleinwalser valley in Vorarlberg at the blue hour, Vorarlberg, Austria

Christmas market in Bad Tölz Upper Bavaria Germany

dogteam with musher, Lake Laberge, Yukon Territory, Canada

Horse drawn sleigh in Rottach-Egern, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Cross and birches winter morning Schlehdorf Bavaria Germany

St. Johannes der Taeufer und Georg, Church of St John the Baptist and George, with Christmas tree, Holzhausen, Muensing, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Winter morning Muensing Upper Bavaria Germany

Christmas market in Bad Tolz Upper Bavaria Germany

Winter morning Alps Muensing Upper Bavaria Germany

Alphorns alpenhorns in Rottach-Egern Upper Bavaria Germany

Sledge racing Upper Bavaria Germany

Low angle view of a snowcovered mountain, Salcantay, Choquequirao, Peru

Low angle view of a snowcovered mountain, Santa Rosa, Puno, Peru

Low angle view of a snowcovered mountain, Puno, Peru

A female skier in is standing in a beautiful mountain landscape with snow covered trees near the ski resort of Rusutsu on Hokaido, Japan. Hokkaido, the north island of Japan, is geographically ideally located in the path of consistent weather systems that bring the cold air across the Sea of Japan from Siberia. This results in many of the resorts being absolutely dumped with powder that is renowned for being incredibly dry. Some of the Hokkaido ski resorts receive an amazing average of 14-18 metres of snowfall annually! With an average annual snowfall of over 14 metres, the Rusutsu Resort has some of the most incredible powder and tree skiing to be found anywhere in the world. Frequently the powder is incredibly dry; you blast right through it with virtually no resistance. Next by Kiroro was mentioned as one of the 20 must visit destination in Best of the World 2016 of National Geographic Traveler.

A male skier is riding in deep powder snow. The trees are covered with a white layer and the sky is blue. Fairy tale landscape. Hokkaido, the north island of Japan, is geographically ideally located in the path of consistent weather systems that bring the cold air across the Sea of Japan from Siberia. This results in many of the resorts being absolutely dumped with powder that is renowned for being incredibly dry. Some of the Hokkaido ski resorts receive an amazing average of 14-18 metres of snowfall annually.

Coyote (Canis latrans) walking across a wintry landscape near Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada

The beautiful snow-capped mountains of the North Fjords in North Iceland with a bright, blue sky above them, North Iceland, Iceland

Aurora Borealis Dancing Above The Chugach Mountains And Turnagain Arm, Kenai Peninsula, Southcentral, Alaska

Famous rusty shipwreck, Sudurland Shipwreck near the abandoned herring factory in the town of Djupavik along the Strandir Coast in the West Fjords of Iceland, Djupavik, West Fjords, Iceland

Aurora Borealis Dancing Above The Chugach Mountains And Turnagain Arm, Kenai Peninsula, Southcentral, Alaska

Northern Lights Over Snowcovered Evergreen Trees, Copper River Valley, Southcentral Alaska, Winter

Aurora Borealis Dancing Above The Chugach Mountains And Turnagain Arm, Kenai Peninsula, Southcentral, Alaska