Winter Wonderlands

Oak forest at Langa, Denmark

Jokulsarlon is the best known and the largest of a number of glacial lakes in Iceland. It is situated at the south end of the glacier Vatnajökull between Skaftafell National Park and Hofn.

Mount Herschel is a conspicuous peak (3,335 m) standing 1.6 miles (2.6 km) northeast of Mount Peacock and overlooking the terminus of Ironside Glacier from the south, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross, who named this feature for Sir John F.W. Herschel, noted English astronomer.

Antarctica, The blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic Mountains, comes from glacial meltwater from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. The freshwater stays on top of the lake and freezes, sealing in briny water below.

Iceberg floating in Lago Argentina broken off from the Perito Moreno glacier

Mount Hood reflected in Trillium Lake, Oregon.

Fitz Roy mountain, Cerro Chaltén, Argentina

Snowed trees on mount Brocken, Harz, Germany.

Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada.

Laila Peak (Hushe Valley), 6096m, (Gondogoro Glacier Area, Central Karakoram, Pakistan)

View from the de:Alte Prager Hütte to the glacier Schlatenkees and the de:Großvenediger

Himalaya from the International Space Station.

The Gothafoss (Icelandic: waterfall of the gods) in winter is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Iceland.

Lauterbrunnen Valley in winter

Mountain Breithorn, Swiss Alps, with Tulip Gentian in the foreground

The Matterhorn is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps.

Alpamayo is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range of the Peruvian Andes. It is a steep (sixty degrees), almost perfect pyramid of ice, one of a number of peaks that compose the Santa Cruz massif, the northernmost massif of the Cordillera Blanca.

Eyjafjallajokull is one of the smaller glaciers of Iceland. It is situated to the north of Skogar and to the west of the larger glacier Myrdalsjokull. The icecap of the glacier covers a volcano (1,666 m in height) which has erupted relatively frequently since the Ice Age. The last eruption was from 1821 to 1823, causing a fatal glacier run.

The top of Mont Blanc seen from the Gare des Glaciers.