Cold

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When thrown into cold air at minus 53 degrees Celsius boiling water explodes into vapour & ice. This is because boiling water is close to a gas and breaks into tiny droplets that can freeze at once. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

When thrown into cold air at minus 51 degrees Celsius boiling water explodes into vapour & ice. This is because boiling water is close to a gas and breaks into tiny droplets that can freeze at once. Siberia, Russia. 1999

Bather jumps into the Arctic ocean during the Polar Plunge at the North Pole on a visit of Icebreaker Sovetskiy Soyuz. 1998

Seawater feezes on pebbles at the edge of Scoresbysund in Autumn / Fall. Gurreholm, East Greenland.

Seawater freezes on a pebble at the edge of Scoresbysund in Autumn / Fall. Gurreholm, East Greenland.

'Ice flower' - frozen extrusions of salt formed on new sea ice as salt water freezes. Northwest Greenland. 1980

A gas field worker dressed against the winter cold with frosted breath at -30 Celsius in the South Tambey gas field near Sabetta. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

Bull muskoxen, Ovibos moschatus, in a defensive circle, Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada.

Cranes in Dudinka docks during the winter time. Taymyr, Northern Siberia, Russia. 2004

Sergei, a Yakut horse herder frosted up at minus 50 degrees Celsius near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

Sastrugi (wind carved ridges in snow) near Savissivik. Northwest Greenland. 1998

Workers dressed against the winter cold at the construction site of an airport terminal building near Sabetta in the South Tambey gas field. Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

The Indiga, a tanker from Murmansk, delivering fuel oil to the new port under construction at Sabetta during the winter. South Tambey Gas Field, Yamal Peninsula, NW Siberia, Russia

Reindeer at their winter pastures in the mountains near Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 1999

Finger rafting in new sea ice, nilas, as sheets run into each other. Northwest Greenland. 1996

View of the frozen Pangnirtung Fiord in the Spring. Nunavut, Canada. 2008

Trucks carrying large sections of gas pipe on a winter road near the Yurharovo gas field. Noviy Urengoi, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.

The Yorharovo Neftgaz production facility north of Noviy Urengoi. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Thermometer shows freezing temperature of -30C. Lapland, Sweden.

The Nordura Salmon River in arctic winter light. Iceland.

Crew of the doomed Hansa hunting polar bear for food. Second German Arctic Expedition 1868

Polar bears on summer sea ice. 82 N, N of Seven Islands, Polar Basin, Svalbard. 2006. Print size to A4.(8 x 11.5 inches)

Wet Polar bear by a pressure ridge in the pack ice. 82 N, N of Seven Islands, Svalbard, Polar Basin, 2006. Print size to A4.(8 x 11.5 inches)

Polar bear in the Polar pack ice north of Svalbard, 2006. Print size to A4.(8 x 11.5 inches)

Mite and Adrian go for a freezing midsummer swim in Beverleysundet. Svalbard

The symmetrical ridges on the iceberg are caused by the trails of air bubbles released by the thaw. East Greenland. 2005

Blue band and sculpted shapes in an iceberg. Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Sea ice where the water between the small floes is once again freezing. Spitsbergen.

Saturday shoppers meet in Ostovskogo Street in the centre of Dudinka. Taymyr, Northern Siberia, Russia. 2004

Snow covered taiga in winter sunshine. Boreal Forest. Verkhoyansk. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha, Russia. (1999)

Tourist takes a cold dip in the River Torne after a sauna. Ice Hotel. Jukkasjarvi. Sweden. 2003

A young Swedish couple in the 'Honeymoon Suite'. Ice Hotel. Jukkasjarvi. Sweden. 1993

Aerial view of tundra in the autumn on the Yamal Peninsula. Western Siberia, Russia.

Ice forms around a leaking water pipe during the winter in Yakutsk. Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. 2001

Female Polar bear walks across sea ice near Cape Churchill. Manitoba. Canada.

Nunatak, a mountain showing through the Greenland Icecap North West Greenland. 1991

Snow covered huskies curl up to keep warm during a winter storm. Northwest Greenland. 1998

Larch trees coated in hoar frost. Boreal forest. Yamal. Siberia. Russia

A Polar Bear slips silently into the water off an ice floe in Spitsbergen.

Glacier flowing down from the icecap in Sidebriksfjord. Northwest Greenland. 1996