Everest Base Camp Wedding: Ashley and James’s Trek in Photographs
On 16 March 2017, Ashley and James exchanged vows and rings at Everest Base Camp, 5,364 metres up in Nepal’s Khumbu region, with the Khumbu...
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Mountain Stories, Glaciers & Alpine Landscapes
Discover mountain photography, glaciers and alpine landscapes, from the Alps to the Himalayas. Explore remarkable peaks and climbing stories, then browse the places and outdoor adventures connected to them.
Grand Canyon Cloud Inversion: How Fog Fills the Canyon in Winter
On rare winter mornings the Grand Canyon disappears. Cold, saturated air fills the gorge with a sea of white cloud, and the buttes and templ...
Northern Lights Proposal in Lofoten: Dale Sharpe and Karlie Russell
Australian landscape photographers Dale Sharpe and Karlie Russell had watched the northern lights together around 30 times. On a winter tri...
Ferryland Iceberg 2017: The 150-Foot Giant off Newfoundland
In April 2017, the small fishing town of Ferryland on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula woke up to a new neighbour: an iceberg estimated ...
Northern Lights Destinations: 10 Places to See the Aurora Borealis
The northern lights shine brightest in a ring around the Arctic, the auroral zone centred near 67° north. Put yourself under that ring betwe...
Svalbard Glaciers Then and Now: Christian Åslund’s Repeat Photographs
The mountains in each pair of pictures are the same. The ice is not. In 2002 the Swedish photographer Christian Åslund travelled to Svalbar...
Amtrak Train Hits Snow at Rhinecliff: Nick Colvin’s Slow-Motion Video
A southbound Amtrak train sweeps into Rhinecliff station, New York, and meets a track buried under fresh snow. In Nick Colvin’s slow-motion...
30 Creative Snowmen: Funny Ideas, Snow Animals and Tips for Building
A carrot nose, two coal eyes and a scarf are where most snowmen begin. Then someone gives theirs a phone, turns it upside down or builds a ...
Frozen Lake Baikal: Kristina Makeeva’s Photos of Cracks, Bubbles and Ice
White cracks branch across deep blue ice, and pale bubbles hang frozen beneath the surface like scattered coins. Photographer Kristina Makee...
Gimmelwald Cat Guides an Injured Hiker Down a Swiss Alps Trail
A hiker with a sprained ankle, a closed path above Gimmelwald and a black-and-white cat that kept walking ahead and looking back: in August...
Snow in the Sahara: Karim Bouchetata's Aïn Séfra Photos, December 2016
On 19 December 2016, snow fell on the orange dunes outside Aïn Séfra, a town in northwestern Algeria sometimes called the "gateway to ...
Nature House in Arctic Norway: A Cob Home Inside a Glass Geodesic Dome
On the island of Sandhornøya in northern Norway, north of the Arctic Circle, a family lives in a cob house wrapped inside a glass geodesic ...
How an Igloo Keeps You Warm: Snow Insulation, Cold Traps and Inuit Design
Outside, the air can fall to −45 °C. Inside a well-built igloo warmed by nothing more than the people sleeping in it, the temperature can s...
David Burdeny’s Mercators Projection: A Tabular Iceberg in the Weddell Sea
Pale sky, a sheer white wall of ice, silvery water and a block of deep shadow: Canadian photographer David Burdeny’s Mercators Projection, ...
Oeschinensee Mountain Coaster: A Summer Toboggan Ride above Kandersteg
A shining metal track curves across green Alpine meadows, and the peaks of the Bernese Oberland fill the horizon. Brice Milleson’s point-of...
Figure Skating on a Frozen Mountain Lake: Katrina Lazzarotto in BC
A skater glides across black, glassy ice while snow-covered peaks rise all around and repeat themselves in the reflection. In early 2016 he...
Snow Leopard Encounter in Gulmarg: Skiers, Camouflage and the Real Story
In February 2016, a group of skiers in Gulmarg, Kashmir, came within a few metres of one of the world’s most elusive big cats. Their guide t...
Candide Thovex’s One of Those Days 3: La Clusaz Ski Film, 2016
Ski tips, a snowy approach and a dark opening in the rock straight ahead: that is how French freeskier Candide Thovex pulls viewers into On...
Nepal after the 2015 Earthquake: Giang Hoang's Himalayan Photo Essay
Travel photographer Giang Hoang visited Nepal before, during and after the devastating earthquake of April 2015. In January 2016 he publish...
Martina Bisaz’s Switzerland: Alpine Lakes, an Orange VW Bus and Photo Tips
Turquoise lakes under frosted trees, an orange VW bus on a mountain pass, the Matterhorn glowing pink in a tiny pool: these photographs of S...