Ice beacons

The very last of the light from the setting sun catches the peaks on Anverse Island (left) and Cape Renard (right).

Electric rock

Veins of malachite, apparently deposited by hot, copper-rich water geothermally forced through the cracks in the rock.

Electric rock

Copper oxide in the rocks at Horseshoe Island.

Reduced to Liquid

This is one of several large tanks at Whaler's Bay which was used to store whale oil. Although thousands of whales were stored here, that was just a tiny fraction of the 2 million killed in the Southern Hemisphere during teh 20th Century

Whaler's Bay

This abandoned 20th century whaling station is situated on an active volcano (Deception Island). The combination of geothermal steam and sea fog makes it quite an eerie place

Toblerone

A saw-tooth shaped island off Baffin Island

iceberg conveyor

moraines draw your eye in to the largest icecap in the northern hemisphere

the commute

Brünnich's guillemots make their way home to the scree slopes

afterglow

the last of the sun's rays hit some formidable peaks on the Trinity Peninsula

Antarctic Sunset

warm light illuminates an icy alpine ridge; cornicing; thinning fog; Cape Renard peak (747m); Graham Land;

Antarctic panorama

the coast of Antarctica during the wee hours of the morning

snowy rays

the lightest dusting of snow falls from a leaden sky over the Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica

St. Kilda

Village Bay on Hirta during a rare settled spell

arctic palette

blue, black and white seem to be the only colours available in Svalbard