Mark Dumas and Agee: A Polar-Bear Filming Relationship
Mark Dumas and polar bear Agee appear together in a closely managed filming relationship. The pool scenes are striking because the animal’s...
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Shawn Reeder’s Yosemite Range of Light
Shawn Reeder’s Yosemite Range of Light lets changing illumination become the main action. Granite walls and forest provide stable forms whi...
Aymar Navarro’s Avalanche Incident in the Spanish Pyrenees
Aymar Navarro’s descent in the Spanish Pyrenees became an avalanche incident during a film shoot. The recording includes his airbag deploym...
The BBC’s Snowball Cam Meets Svalbard Polar Bears
The cameras become part of the action when Svalbard’s polar bears investigate them in Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice. The resulting footage sho...
Dub Roots: Dubsatch Collective’s Alta Ski Film
Dub Roots gives Alta a local perspective through the Dubsatch Collective’s skiing. The short film brings together riders familiar with the ...
Twelve North American Ski Destinations: Terrain and Trip Planning
A ski area can be memorable for its terrain, atmosphere or the way the day fits together. These twelve North American destinations offer di...
Nineteen Snowboarding Destinations to Research on a Budget
A low lift-ticket price does not automatically make a snowboard trip inexpensive. Transport, accommodation, equipment and the number of usa...
Svalbard Global Seed Vault: What the Arctic Backup Actually Does
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault stores backup seed samples from genebanks. Its purpose is easier to understand as part of a conservation net...
Ten Ways to Understand Snow: Crystals, Records and Winter Landscapes
Snow becomes more interesting when you connect its appearance with how it formed and changed. The brief science primer below introduces ten...
Ten Ice and Snow Designs: Hotels, Sculptures and Experimental Spaces
Ice hotels, festival towers and small design models share a material theme, but they are not all buildings people can enter. Their differen...
Twenty-Five Family Ski Destinations: Bases, Lessons and Daily Logistics
A successful family ski trip leaves enough energy for everyone to enjoy the evening. Short transfers, suitable lessons and an easy place to...
Japanese Snow Monkeys: Portraits at Jigokudani
A red face above steaming water is one of Jigokudani’s most recognisable wildlife images. These Japanese macaque portraits move between the...
Greenland’s Buried Canyon: Reading the Landscape Through Radar
A canyon beneath Greenland’s ice sheet became visible to science through radar measurements rather than an ordinary camera. The 2013 study ...