A little similar to Katie Paterson recording the sound of glaciers melting, and pressed onto records of frozen ice no less, Berlin composer and sound artist Andreas Bick has recorded the sounds made by a frozen lake.
Frozen lakes are known to give off most noise during major fluctuations in temperature: the ice expands or [...]

A small collection of underwater photographer Norbert Wu’s images taken under the ice sheets of Antarctica.

Katie Paterson’s recent musical project is just a little out of the ordinary:
Katie Paterson went to Iceland and recorded the sounds of three separate glaciers – Langjökull, Snæfellsjökull, Solheimajökull – and then pressed the dripping noises onto records made from each glacier’s melted (and then re-frozen) ice. She finished by playing the three ice [...]

As I didn’t ever see anyone attempting to skate on any of the frozen-over ponds in Richmond Park, I guess the threat of a £20 fine was obviously a very solid deterrent.

The closer a mountain is to Earth’s equator the taller it is likely to be. All mountains are prone to the effects of erosion – caused mainly by ice and snow swirling around during storms – but those with lower snow lines – which become more common as distance from the equator increases – [...]

From the snow in New York and London to the permanent (for now) snow and ice of the Arctic Circle, a stunning photo collection by Phillip Toledano.

Photos of some of the incredible ice sculptures on display at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, taking place in Harbin, China.

A collection of photos taken over the course of the last couple of summers in Antarctica, dare I say it… very cool.
Down in Antarctica, November marks the end of spring, the beginning of austral summer, and the beginning of Antarctica’s cruise season. The Sun just rose for the first time in 6 months on [...]